Research Shows Accelerated Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet

Research published in the journal Science late last week confirms that melting of the Greenland ice sheet has accelerated in recent years, and is contributing to seal level rise.

An average 273 gigatons of ice has melted away annually between 2006 to 2008, leading to three-hundredths of an inch of sea level rise, an increase of more the 60% over the average ice loss between 2000 and 2008. The data indicates an acceleration of ice loss in recent years, due in part to the unusually warm summers says lead researcher Michiel van den Broeke, a specialist in polar meteorology at Ultecht University.

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