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2 °C rise could spark meltdown

Source: News 24

Nuuk : Greenland | about 1 year ago

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A less than 2 °C rise in global temperatures might be sufficient to spark a meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet and Arctic sea ice, the WWF warned in a new study released on Thursday. "Scientists now suggest that even warming of less than 2 °C might be enough to trigger the loss of Arctic sea ice and the meltdown...

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