Increasing Speed of Greenland Glaciers Gives New Insight for Rising Sea Level
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 14:00
in Earth & Climate
Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland's contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists thought possible, a new study shows.
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