Greenland may be slip-sliding away due to surface lake melt: study
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
Like snow sliding off a roof on a sunny day, the Greenland Ice Sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean due to massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder-based Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
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