Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return

Friday, August 14, 2020 - 09:11 in Earth & Climate

Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking. The finding, published today, Aug. 13, in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, means that Greenland’s glaciers have passed a tipping point of […]

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