Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt Extent of surface melt over Greenlandâs ice sheet on July 8 (left) and July 12 (right). Measurements from three satellites showed that on July 8, about 40 percent of the ice sheet had undergone thawing at or near the surface. In just a few days, the melting had dramatically accelerated and an estimated 97 percent of the ice sheet surfac
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