Scientists Say Greenland's Ice Melting Faster Than Expected, Will Bring Higher Sea Levels

摘要

The ice sheet covering Greenland is on track to disappear more quickly than previously thought, researchers told Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at a congressional briefing Aug. 10.rnAt the briefing arranged by the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Climate Change, Markey, the chairman of the committee and the only congressman in attendance, was told that the understanding of the melting of ice that sits atop land masses has grown since the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's last synthesis assessment report in 2007.