Friday, October 2, 2020

Greenland ice sheet melting faster than in last 12 millennia

Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting at a rate faster than experienced in the past 12,000 years, according to a new study in Nature. Published on Wednesday, the study, dubbed "Greenland Ice Sheet Will Exceed Holocene Values this Century," revealed that Greenland is already losing ice at a rate four times faster than any period in the past 11,700 years.

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-faster-than-in-last-12-millennia
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