Historic Alaskan Glacier Melt Less Than Previously Thought… But Recent Retreat is Double the Average
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February 8, 2010 by admin
photo: Frank Kovalchek via flickr.
Here’s one with a decided twist: Scientists from France’s Laboratory for Space Studies in Geophysics and Oceanography are saying that previous studies of how much melting Alaskan and Canadian glaciers have contributed to sea level rise have overestimated the situation. However, melting since the mid-1990s is still double the historical average:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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