Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees of global warming
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 12 March, 2012
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The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought. The temperature threshold for melting the ice sheet completely is in the range of 0.8 to 3.2 degrees Celsius of global warming, with a best estimate of 1.6 degrees above pre-industrial levels, shows a new study....