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Massive northeast Greenland glacier is rapidly melting
- November 13, 2015
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A glacier in northeast Greenland that holds enough water to raise global sea levels by more than 18 inches has come unmoored from a stabilizing sill and is crumbling into the North Atlantic Ocean. Losing mass at a rate of 5 billion tons per year, glacier Zachariae Isstrom entered a phase of accelerated retreat in 2012.
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Unkown User, "Massive northeast Greenland glacier is rapidly melting", MachPrinciple, November 13, 2015, https://machprinciple.com/post/Massive-northeast-Greenland-glacier-is-rapidly-melting
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