Snowfall that normally replenishes Greenland's glaciers each year can no longer keep up with the pace of ice melt, according to researchers at Ohio State University. That means that the Greenland ice sheet — the world's second-largest ice body — would continue to lose ice even if global temperatures stop rising.
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Greenland's ice is already the world's largest single contributor to sea-level rise. In just the next 80 years, its current melt rate would add another 2.75 inches to global sea levels, according to a study published in December.

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  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I promise that if a single snowflake falls in the UK this winter we'll still get the typical "Nigel Farage soyfacing at a light dusting of snow to own the libs" selfie fml