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April 16, 2020

New Research Confirms Greenland Ice Sheet Suffered Record Melt in 2019
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In climate news, a new study confirms a record amount of Greenland's ice
sheet melted in the summer of 2019. The study says the dramatic loss of
ice was due to atmospheric circulation patterns that hadn't been taken
into account by previous climate models and that may be significantly
underestimating future melting.


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