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

2015-02-20 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] A team of scientists lead by Danish geologist Nicolaj Krog Larsen 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 present. Their results have just been published in the scientific journal Geology, and are important as we are rapidly closing in on similar temperatures. While the world is preparing for a rising global sea-level, a group of scientists led by Dr. Ni…

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