Greenland ice losses are accelerating and nudging up sea levels according to a study showing that icebergs breaking away and melt water run off are equally to blame for the shrinking ice sheet.
The report indicated that ice losses quickened in 2006-08 to the equivalent of 0.75mm (0.08inch) of world sea level rise per year from an average 0.46mm a year for 2000-08.
The years 2000-08 with their warm summers have seen a huge melting. The underlying causes suggest this trend is likely to continue in the near future researchers said.
The computer models matched satellite data for the ice losses- raising confidence in the findings and showed that losses were due equally to melt water caused by rising temperature, and icebergs breaking off from glaciers.
BE aware, Greenland locks up enough ixe to raise world sea levels by 7meters (23 feet)if it ever all thawed.
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