Greenland’s ice is melting six times faster now than it was four decades ago.
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- Greenland’s ice sheet is melting six times faster than it was in the 1980s — that’s even faster than scientists thought.
- A new study has revealed that melting Greenland ice has contributed to more than half an inch of global sea-level rise since 1972. Half of that increase happened in the last eight years.
- If all of Greenland’s ice were to melt, it would raise sea levels 23 feet, submerging some coastal cities. In the US, that would put everything south of West Palm Beach, Florida underwater.
Greenland’s ice is melting six times faster now than it was four decades ago.
The authors of a new study published…
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