27 sept 2016

New Measurements Show Greenland's Ice Sheet is Melting 7.6 Percent Faster than Previously Thought

A new study that employs global positioning system measurements has revealed that the Greenland ice sheet is melting much faster than what previous estimates indicated, by roughly 7.6 percent. Previous estimates pegged the amount of ice loss between 2003 and 2013 at 2,500 billion tons, but the new study corrects this to 2,700 billion tons -- a major factor in estimating the rate of future sea level rise.

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