Greenland’s Ice Sheet Has Reached ‘Point of No Return’

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By Olivia RosaneAug 17, 2020, 11:58 am134 pts
Greenland's ice sheet has reached the "point of no return" and would continue to melt even if the climate crisis were halted, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment Thursday, used more than 30 years of satellite data to determine that the ice sheet would…

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