“Scientists are looking at an area twice the size of France and noticing a high rate of ice melt”
On the world's largest island, scientists say something frighteningly remarkable is happening. Greenland's ice sheet is melting at an astonishing rate, according to researchers.
Scientists are looking at an area twice the size of France and noticing a high rate of ice melt continuing into a part of the year when it would usually be halted by colder weather. Climate scientists have put Greenland's melting ice sheet at the top of their list of natural concerns as the Earth as a whole is said to be warming.
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