Greenland ice sheet on a downward slide

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Greenlands massive ice sheet has lost nearly 100 gigatons of ice annually recently much of it in low-elevation regions along the continents southeastern coast including the southern tip (pictured here). Credit: NASA MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
Greenland's massive ice sheet has lost nearly 100 gigatons of ice annually recently, much of it in low-elevation regions along the continent's southeastern coast, including the southern tip (pictured here). Credit: NASA MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

For the first time NASA scientists have analyzed data from direct, detailed satellite measurements to show that ice losses now far surpass ice gains in the shrinking Greenland ice sheet.


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