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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt |
| Date | 2015-11-14 00:49 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <e1dihc-bvd.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <EtGdnW1Gkp_ZHdvLnZ2dnUU7-fmdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt >> http://www.climatecentral.org/news/northeast-greenland-glacier-melt-19673 > > >> For years, much of the concern about the melting of Greenland?s >> massive ice sheet has been focused on the massive retreat of glaciers >> in the island?s southeast and west, fueled by climate change. Those >> on its colder, drier northeast corner were thought to be stable. > >> But a new study detailed in the journal Science shows that two of >> those glaciers are showing worrying changes, and that one has been >> retreating at an accelerating rate in recent years as it faces a dual >> attack by warm air from above and warm water from below. >> >> These shifts mean this area of the frozen expanse could increase >> Greenland?s contributions to overall sea level rise in the coming >> years, the study researchers conclude. >> >> The results show the changes that are piling up in the >> fastest-warming region of the planet, the Arctic, as the world heats >> up from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Nothing is stable in Greenland in any time scale larger than weeks. -- Jim Pennino
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Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-13 18:28 -0600
Re: Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-14 00:49 +0000
Re: Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-14 14:28 -0600
Re: Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-14 22:04 +0100
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Re: Once Stable Greenland Glacier Facing Rapid Melt Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 09:54 +0100
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