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Greenland ice is melting 7 percent faster than previously thought
2016-10-14 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] COLUMBUS, Ohio—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 distorted their calculations for ice loss in the Greenland ice sheet. This caused them to underestimate the mel…
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