Greenland's ice has melted beyond return, study suggests
Greenland's ice sheet may have melted beyond the point of return, with the ice likely to disappear no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, research suggests.
Ohio State University scientists studied 234 glaciers in the Arctic territory for 34 years until 2018.
They found that annual snowfall was no longer enough to replenish glaciers of the snow and ice being lost to summertime melting, which is already causing global seas to rise about a millimetre on average per year.
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