Extreme melting on greenland ice sheet, team reports; Glacial melt cycle could become self-amplifying
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 25 October, 2011
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The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don't hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Tedesco, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the City College of New York. His findings suggest that glaciers could undergo a self-amplifying cycle of melting and warming that would be difficult to halt....