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Greenland soon green? Greenpeace is upset!
A glacier in Greenland is melting very rapidly and has accelerated its slide sliding into the sea, Greenpeace said Thursday, saying the "dramatic" discovery proved that immediate action is needed to stop climate change."Preliminary findings indicate Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier on Greenland's east coast could be one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world with a speed of almost 14 kilometres (nearly nine miles) per year," scientists aboard a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic said. In 1988, the glacier was advancing at just five kilometers per year, the scientists on the Arctic Sunrise ship said, citing satellite imagery. ... Posted by: 3dc 2005-07-22 |
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