GLACIOLOGY: Greenland Ice Slipping Away but Not All That Quickly

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Science 18 April 2008:
Vol. 320. no. 5874, p. 301
DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5874.301

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GLACIOLOGY:
Greenland Ice Slipping Away but Not All That Quickly

Richard A. Kerr

A two-pronged study published online this week in Science has confirmed that meltwater reaches the base of the Greenland ice sheet and does indeed speed the ice�s seaward flow.

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