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Below the Melt
Greenland ice sheet melting speedily, making seas rise faster |
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17 Feb 2006 |
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| Below the Melt Greenland ice sheet melting speedily, making seas rise faster New research indicates that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than we thought, will be gone sooner than we thought, and may raise sea levels more than we thought. Whee! The new study, published in Science, says Greenland's glaciers -- among the earth's largest freshwater reservoirs -- are sliding into the Atlantic at twice the rat ... |
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| Topics: Atlantic Ocean, climate, Greenland, news (all these topics) |
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