Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice Mysteries

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Petermann Floating Tongue in north Greenland. Image credit: NASAJPL
Petermann Floating Tongue in north Greenland. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Greenland is cold and hot. It's a deep freezer storing 10 percent of Earth's ice and a subject of fevered debate. If something should melt all that ice, global sea level could rise as much as 7 meters (23 feet). Greenland and Antarctica - Earth's two biggest icehouses - are important indicators of climate change and a high priority for research, as highlighted by the newly inaugurated International Polar Year.


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