Northern Greeland ice sheet (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Northern Greeland ice sheet

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The Greenland ice sheet is enormous, making up nearly half of all fresh water in the northern hemisphere. But rising temperatures on Earth are causing it to melt – and the world's oceans to rise. As such, the ice sheet’s movements are closely monitored.

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Photo: Baptiste Vandecrux (GEUS).

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