Friday, February 20, 2015

Greenland is melting: The past might tell what the future holds

Scientists have managed to quantify how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000-5,000 years ago. Back then temperatures were 2-4 degrees C warmer than they are in the present. Their results are important as we are rapidly closing in on similar temperatures.



from Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1ASKrzp

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