Wednesday 25 February 2015

The past might tell what the future holds for Greenland meltdown

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The past might tell what the future holds for Greenland meltdown
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 24, 2015 - 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 ... more


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