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Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.

Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
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Cook, John E.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
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04/01/2010
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 1, pg. 17:
A recent warming trend--
In recent years, the deep waters coming in from the ocean have been much warmer than in the pastup to 6?C (nearly 43?F). The additional heat weakens the ice tongue and promotes cracking and calving from the glacier front.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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