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Published online 15 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030414-2

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Molten ice could block Gulf Stream

Greenhouse effect may save Greenland Ice Sheet.

Within the next 100 years global warming may melt much of the ice sheet over Greenland, producing some striking regional climate changes, a new model suggests. But the meltwater may eventually insulate the island from further climate change.

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