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NEWLY SPOTTED LAKES ON GREENLAND ICE SHEET ARE SPEEDING UP ITS DEMISE

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NEWLY SPOTTED LAKES ON GREENLAND ICE SHEET ARE SPEEDING UP ITS DEMISE

Satellite sleuthing reveals that Greenland summers now are warm enough to create 27 per cent more lakes than 20 years ago, and at higher elevations.
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WHY THE NEW ZEALAND VOLCANO ERUPTION CAUGHT THE WORLD BY SURPRISE

The explosive event was “the actual worst-case scenario,” geologists report.
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NEWLY SPOTTED LAKES ON GREENLAND ICE SHEET ARE SPEEDING UP ITS DEMISE

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