WASHINGTON – More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming. More than half of the loss of landlocked ice in the past five years has occurred in Greenland, [...]
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More than 2T tons of ice melted in artic since '03
By Paul Stewart in December 16th 2008 No Comment »
Filed Under climate change, fresh water, world water Tags: antarctica, artic, global warming, greenland, ice, nasa satellite data
Filed Under climate change, fresh water, world water Tags: antarctica, artic, global warming, greenland, ice, nasa satellite data
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