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March 8, 2019

Greenland's Melt Is Accelerated by Rainfall, Even During Winter
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In climate news, a new study finds rainstorms are becoming far more
frequent across Greenland-even in winter-accelerating the melting of
vast areas of ice and setting the stage for global sea level rise that
could inundate coastal areas home to hundreds of millions of people. The
study published in the journal The Cryosphere found warmer temperatures
have led to increased rainfall in Greenland, which triggers widespread
ice melt and runoff, contributing to the 270 billion tons of Greenland's
ice added each year to the Earth's oceans.


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