NASA has released more visual proof that Greenland's largeZachariæ Isstrøm glacier isthe latest to experience rapid change due to the warming world. Not only are the changes to the glacier visible from space, but the results of this break will be felt for decades to come.

According to NASA, in the fall of 2012 and has begun an accelerated retreat.Images from space show the differences between the glacier in August of 1999 and 2015. The more recent photo shows how the ice shelf and glacier have retreated substantially after melting.

The glacier northeast of Greenland, which is about five percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet. If it were to melt completely, it holds enough water to make the global sea level rise by more than 18 inches. Already it has begun shedding billions of tons of ice into the far Northern Atlantic every year.

“North Greenland glaciers are changing rapidly,” said lead author Jeremie Mouginot of the University of California Irvine (UCI). “The glacier is now breaking up and calving high volumes of icebergs into the ocean, which willresult in rising sea levels for decades to come.”

The image above shows the Zachariæ Isstrøm glacier in August 1999.

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The image above shows the Zachariæ Isstrøm glacier in August 2015.

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Near Zachariæ Isstrøm is another large glacier, , according to UCI. However, it’s receding at a slower rate because it is protected by an inland hill. Together the glaciers make up 12 percent of the Greenland Ice Sheet and if they fully collapse it would boost sea levels worldwide by more than 39 inches.

Currently Zachariæ Isstrøm is as of 2015. Mouginot and his team have determined that the glacier’s bottom is rapidly eroding because of warmer ocean water mixing with a growing amount of meltwater from the ice sheet.

“Zachariæ Isstrøm is being hit from above and below,” said the study’s co-author Eric Rignot, who has a joint appointment at UCI and JPL. “The top of the glacier is melting away as a result of decades of steadily increasing air temperatures, while its underside is compromised by currents carrying warmer ocean water, and the glacier is now breaking away into bits and pieces and retreating into deeper ground.”

Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier

Image of Greenland's Zachariae Isstrom glacier as seen by the NASA/USGS Landsat satellite. The steady change in the glacier can be seen in photos from 1975 to today. The green lines show the loss of ice. (NASA/USGS)