Ian Winkelstern: Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Can Cool Subtropics and Alter Climate
A new study finds evidence that the last time Earth was as warm as it is today, cold freshwater from a melting Greenland Ice Sheet circulated in the Atlantic Ocean as far south as Bermuda, elevating sea levels and altering the ocean’s climate and ecosystems.
“If a big enough chunk of Greenland falls off, which has clearly happened in the past and has clearly caused these dramatic changes in the past, there’s no reason to think it couldn’t happen again,” Winkelstern said. “We’re doing a pretty good job of melting it right now.”
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Greenland ice sheet melting can cool subtropics, alter climate, by Jim Ericksonn, Michigan News
Release Date:
02/08/2017
