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Environmental News Network: As the largest single chunk of melting snow and ice in the world, the massive ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland is recognized as the biggest potential contributor to rising sea levels due to glacial meltwater.
Until now, however, scientists’ attention has mostly focused on the ice sheet’s aquamarine lakes — bodies of meltwater that tend to abruptly drain — and on monster chunks of ice that slide into the ocean to become icebergs.
But a new UCLA-led study reveals a vast network......
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Melting Greenland ice sheet is biggest contributor to sea level rise
Posted by Environmental News Network: Meg Sullivan, Ucla on January 16th, 2015
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