Meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet Releasing Faster

By Horst Machguth | University of Zurich on Jan 4, 2016   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

The firn layers of the Greenland ice sheet might store less meltwater than previously assumed. Researchers from the USA, Denmark and the University of Zurich fear that this could lead to increased release of the meltwater into the oceans.   The near-surface layers of the Greenland ice sheet are made up of snow that is […]