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Greenland is careening toward a critical tipping point for ice loss – Livescience.com

The Greenland Ice Sheet is one of the largest ice sheets in the world.

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Frozen Greenland
is on track to become significantly less frozen before the 21st century is over. By 2055, winter snowfall on the Greenland Ice Sheet will no longer be enough to replenish the ice that Greenland loses each summer, new research finds.
Rising global temperatures are driving this dramatic change. If Earth continues to heat up at its present pace, average global temperatures should climb by nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit (2.7 degrees Celsius) by 2055. Regional averages in Greenland become…

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