Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought, Study Says
At a Glance Since the 1980s, the rate of ice loss from Greenland has grown six-fold.Between 1980 and 1990, approximately 51 billions tons of ice were lost from the world's second-largest ice sheet.That amount jumped to 286 million tons, a six-fold jump in ice loss, between 2010 and 2018. The Greenland ice sheet is melting even faster than previously thought, a new study says. Since the 1980s, the has increased six-fold, according to the study published Monday in the Proceedings...