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SEMINAR: GREENLAND ICE SHEET MAY HAVE LARGER THAN EXPECTED IMPACT ON SEA LEVEL

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By: Liz Ivkovich, Sustainability Office. New research suggests that the Greenland Ice Sheet is far less stable than current climate models predict, which could mean those models are severely underestimating potential sea level rise. The ice sheet contains the equivalent of 24 feet of global sea level rise if it melts. Joerg Schaefer, a paleoclimatologist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth […]

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