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Greenland ice is melting seven percent faster than previously thought [1]

The same hotspot in Earth's mantle that feeds Iceland's active volcanoes has been playing a trick on the scientists who are trying to measure how much ice is melting on nearby Greenland.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2016
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Climate Impacts [4], Global Warming [5], Glacial Melt [6], Antarctica [7], Green House Gases [8]
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