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Cloud cover found significant factor in Greenland Ice Sheet melt
2016-01-17 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second largest ice sheet in the world and it's melting rapidly, likely driving almost a third of global sea level rise. A new study shows clouds are playing a larger role in that process than scientists previously believed. "Over the next 80 years, we could be dealing with another foot of sea level rise around the world," says Tristan L'Ecuyer, professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the...
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