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New Scientist: The surface of Greenland has turned to slush. Satellite data shows that a warm spell last month melted nearly the entire surface of the nation's ice cap. The melt is unusual: normally about half of the ice sheet melts at the surface during summer, mostly at low elevations.
This year the thaw was stunningly swift and widespread, and extended high up the nation's peaks.
On 8 July, 40 per cent of the ice surface was wet; by 12 July, the fraction of wet ice had soared to 97 per cent (see image).......
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97% of Greenland surface ice turns to slush
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 25th, 2012
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