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Extreme rain from atmospheric rivers and ice-heating micro-cracks are ominous new threats to the Greenland ice sheet
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Extreme rain from atmospheric rivers and ice-heating micro-cracks are ominous new threats to the Greenland ice sheet

At the current level of human-caused global warming, extreme rainfall from atmospheric rivers, as well as an extensive network of previously undetected micro-cracks, could degrade large parts of the Greenland Ice Sheet faster than expected and accelerate melting toward worst-case projections for ice loss and sea level rise, recent research shows.

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The speed of this Greenland glacier’s melt could signal even worse sea level rise

Scientists studying one of Greenland’s largest glaciers say it is melting far faster than expected at its most vulnerable point, a worrying sign that glaciers perched in the ocean could contribute more rapidly to sea level rise than currently forecast.
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New study finds ‘surprising’ warming spike atop the Greenland ice sheet

One of the planet’s refrigerators is defrosting, leading to melting events that could raise sea levels 20 inches by the end of the century.

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Melting Greenland ice sheet adds more to sea-level rise than previously thought

Sea levels are rising more than expected as Greenland’s glaciers melt faster than anticipated, according to new research by a team led by Shfaqat Abbas Khan, from the Technical University of Denmark.

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For first time on record, Greenland saw extensive melting in September
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For first time on record, Greenland saw extensive melting in September

Greenland just experienced its largest September melt event on record, the kind typically seen in the middle of the summer.
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Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’

Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover.

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Greenland's melt events traced to atmospheric rivers, climate change
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Greenland's melt events traced to atmospheric rivers, climate change

A new study highlights how a stream of warm, moist air caused excessive melting over Greenland in 2021, an increasingly common occurrence over the past decade.
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