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 finds Greenland is melting much faster than it was in the 1990s.

Measurements from a suite of 26 satellites show the rate of ice loss in Greenland is now about seven times the rate in the early 1990s.

Greenland’s ice sheets melted 33 billion tons of water a year in 1993. In the last decade, the average skyrocketed to 254 billion tons of melt on average. That’s a seven-fold increase. Recent meltwater rates are now at the upper range of IPCC predictions. 

Even small rises in sea level are important because the gradual land elevation increases in many coastal areas means water pushes much further inland during storm events. 

Here are some pertinent clips for the study in the journal Nature.

The story is getting international attention today. Here’s the 

And here’s the Washington Post version. 

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Greenland’s ice sheets melted 33 billion tons of water a year in 1993. In the last decade, the average skyrocketed to 254 billion tons of melt on average. That’s a seven-fold increase.

Greenland ice melting 7 times faster than in 1993

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