Melting of Greenland’s ‘fringe’ glaciers adds to sea level rise

Summit Voice: Glaciers on the edge of Greenland are pouring at about 50 gigatons of water into the Atlantic every year. That's about half the volume of Lake Geneva, one of Europe's largest lake, and enough to account for about 10 percent of annual global sea level rise, according to a new study by Swiss and Danish scientists. The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, will help scientists improve the predictions of the future contribution of Greenland's ice to sea-level rise. The data could also...

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