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Greenland’s largest glaciers could melt faster than worst-case warming predictions, new research shows – SBS News
Over the last two decades, the world’s ice sheets atop Greenland and Antarctica have become the single largest source of sea-level rise.
The three largest glaciers in Greenland – which hold enough frozen water to lift global sea levels some 1.3 metres – could melt faster than even the worst-case warming predictions, research published on Tuesday has shown.
Until 2000, the main driver of sea-level rise was melting glaciers and the expansion of ocean water as it warms.
But over the last two decades, the world’s ice sheets atop Greenland and Antarctica have become the single largest source of sea-level rise.
A team of researchers based…
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