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Greenland's ice on the scales

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Satellite measurements of changes in Earth's gravity field reveal ice loss from Greenland's ice sheet. Over the past four years, this melt has contributed to global sea-level rise at an accelerating rate.

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Figure 1: Amazing GRACE.
Figure 2: Accelerated slippage.

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  • 26 October 2006

    The figures given in mass units for Greenland's ice loss are 1,000 times too small.

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