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Discovery Channel: Geologist discusses retreating ice sheets
Release Date: June 29, 2009
An article on the Discovery Channel about the melting Greenland ice sheet, which contains enough fresh water to raise the global sea level 23 feet, reports on research by Jason Briner, assistant professor of geology, that shows the contemporary tidewater glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica that are retreating into deep waters may begin to experience even faster rates of retreat than are currently being observed.
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