Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster Than at Any Time in Last 12,000 Years, Study Finds

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By Jordan DavidsonOct 1, 2020, 8:23 am171 pts
Rising temperatures in the air and the water surrounding Greenland are melting its massive ice sheet at a faster rate than anytime in the last 12 millennia, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The study, Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values…

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