Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 09:44:33 AM | John Entwistle | 0 Comments |

For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface, according to measurements from three independent satellites analyzed by NASA and university scientists.

For more information visit http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/24jul_greenland/

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