Greenland's Coastal Ice Passed a Climate Tipping Point 20 Years Ago, Study Says

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By Bob BerwynMar 31, 2017, 3:00 pm94 pts
Faster-than-expected melting of Greenland's ice fields is worrisome news for the fate of the larger ice sheet, and subsequent sea level rise. By Bob Berwyn Ice caps and glaciers along the coast of Greenland passed a tipping point in 1997, when a layer of snow that once absorbed summer meltwater became fully…

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