Lake on Greenland Ice Sheet Vanishes

Lake on Greenland Ice Sheet Vanishes

04.19.08 posted by jason 156 views no comments
On July 29, 2006, there was a roughly 11-billion-gallon lake that stretched more than two square miles and covered the western portion of Greenland's massive ice sheet. In the span of 16 hours, it was gone. Calving icebergs and meltwater are apparently to blame for the unanticipated pace of Greenland's meltdown. Isn't it time we act to stop global warming?
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