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Greenland is losing ice at fastest rate in 350 years

Vast ice sheet's dramatic transformation revealed by ice cores, satellite data and climate models.
  1. Jeff Tollefson
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Ice melt across Greenland is accelerating, and the volume of meltwater running into the ocean has reached levels that are probably unprecedented in seven or eight millennia. The findings, drawn from ice cores stretching back almost 350 years, show a sharp spike in melting over the past two decades.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07617-1

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