Author: Doyle Rice / Source: USA TODAY
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Ice on Greenland is melting four times faster than it did just 16 years ago, a study reports.
The melting, which is a result of the Earth’s warming atmosphere and oceans, is happening much faster than scientists had thought and will likely lead to faster sea-level rise.
“Increasingly, large amounts of ice mass are going to leave as meltwater, as rivers that flow into the sea,” said study lead author Michael Bevis of Ohio State University.
A large part of this melting ice is in Greenland’s southwestern area, which scientists didn’t think was melting so fast. “Southwest Greenland could become a major contributor to sea level rise under continued climate warming,” the study said.
The study was published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It is yet…
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