Iceland's glaciers (IMAGE)

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Iceland's glaciers

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A recent slowdown in the melting of Iceland's glaciers is likely caused by a patch of unusually cold water in the North Atlantic Ocean, according to a new study published in the AGU journal Geophysical Research letters.

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Finnur Pálsson

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