The rapid melting of Greenland glaciers is captured in the documentary "Chasing Ice." The retreat of the ice edge from one year to the next sends more water into the sea. Greenland ice canyon filled with melt water in summer 2010 [Credit: Ian Joughin, UW APL Polar Science Center]Now University of Washington atmospheric scientists have estimated that up to half of the recent warming in Greenland and...
Greenland melting due equally to global warming, natural variations
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