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NASA Study: More Greenland Ice Lost Than Previously Estimated

"A new, comprehensive analysis of satellite data finds that majority of glaciers on the landmass have retreated significantly."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-study-more-greenland-ice-lost-than-previously-estimated

"The Greenland Ice Sheet has shed about one-fifth more ice mass in the past four decades than previously estimated, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California reported in a new paper. The majority of glaciers on the landmass have retreated significantly, and icebergs are falling into the ocean at an accelerating rate. This additional ice loss has had only an indirect impact on sea levels, but could hold implications for ocean circulation in the future. …"

Time lapse from Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Glacier) on Greenland's western coast. [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=10/69.1948/-49.9878] Source: NASA's Earth observatory

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