The Greenland Ice Sheet, the largest mass of ice in the Northern Hemisphere, is losing about 267 billion tons of ice per year.
Sources
- Scientists Shed Light on the Mysterious 'Cold Blob' in ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2019/ (arctic.noaa.gov)
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/earth-indicators/ice-sheets/ (science.nasa.gov)
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