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Molten ice could block Gulf Stream

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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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  1. Huybrechts, P.I. & De Wolde, J. The dynamic response of the Greenland and Antartic Ice Sheets to multiple-century climate warming. Journal of Climate, 12, 2169 - 1999, (2003).

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Dalton, R. Molten ice could block Gulf Stream. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030414-2

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