Greenland ice is melting 7 percent faster than previously thought
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 14:31
in Earth & Climate
The same hotspot in Earth’s mantle that feeds Iceland’s active volcanoes has been playing a trick on the scientists who are trying to measure how much ice is melting on nearby Greenland. According to a new study in the journal Science Advances, the hotspot softened the mantle rock beneath Greenland in a way that ultimately […]