NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

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The giant frozen island has seen one of its biggest melts on record this year. | AP

“It’s a little scary,” Willis said as looked down on an area filled with more water than ice. “We’re definitely watching the ice sheet disappear in front of us.”

Willis’ project — called Oceans Melting Greenland, or OMG — is showing that it is. Now the question is how much and how fast. Pilots Andy Ferguson, left, and Don Watrous, fly a plane carrying NASA scientists on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland. If the water is playing a much bigger role than scientists thought, it could mean seas will be rising faster and higher than expected. That’s because 90% of the heat energy from climate change goes into the oceans, Willis said. Warm water provides “a bigger bang for the buck” than air when it comes to melting ice, Willis said.

“One glacier retreating looks like carelessness, but 28 retreating is the sign of something going on,” Mottram told The Associated Press.

 

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AP Sad news and it is very alarming. This will have a domino effect in our environment and the worsening condition of the planet. What should be done

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