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Decreasing cloud cover drives the recent mass loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet

The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) has been losing mass at an accelerating rate since the mid-1990s. This has been due to both increased ice discharge into the ocean and melting at the surface, with the latter being the dominant contribution. This change in state has been attributed to rising temperatur...

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Autores principales: Hofer, Stefan, Tedstone, Andrew J., Fettweis, Xavier, Bamber, Jonathan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5489271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28782014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700584