Greenland melting
The Greenland ice cap is melting faster than previously calculated, a new scientific paper from the University of Alaska Fairbanks concludes. The melting
-The Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance is changing as a response to the altered climatic state, researcher Sebastian Mernild says to the Science Daily. -This is faster than expected. This affects freshwater runoff input to the North Atlantic Ocean, and plays an important role in determining the global sea level rise and global ocean thermohaline circulation, the researcher adds. The total area of Greenland measures 2,166,086 square kilometres, of which the Greenland ice sheet covers 1,755,637 kilometres (81%).
