Unusual Greenland ice sheet surface melt
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 24 July, 2012
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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 2-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface, according to measurements from three independent satellites....