The flow rate of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream has increased since 2012, and experts from the Technical University of Denmark modelled how this affects ice loss on the sheet.
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Part of Greenland's ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which will likely lead to greater sea level rise by the end of this century, a new study found Wednesday.
Greenland s largest ice sheet is thawing at a much higher rate than expected, suggesting it will add six times more water to rising sea levels than previously thought.