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GREENLAND ICE SHEET

A candle burning from both ends

Nature Climate Change volume 12, pages 420–421 (2022)Cite this article

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Anthropogenic climate change is accelerating melting at the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Evidence now suggests that extensive melting is also occurring at the base of the ice at much faster rates than previously thought.

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Seroussi, H., Meyer, C.R. A candle burning from both ends. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 420–421 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01357-x

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