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Glacial retreat in Greenland

June 16, 2006
Independent scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise discovered that a Greenland glacier has accelerated in the past 17 years, exceeding all expectations, and has now become one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world. These observations validate predictions of the response of Greenland glaciers to recent climate change.

Independent scientists on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise discovered that a Greenland glacier has accelerated in the past 17 years, exceeding all expectations, and has now become one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world. These observations validate predictions of the response of Greenland glaciers to recent climate change.

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The Greenpeace survey ship Arctic Sunrise brought scientists to Greenland to study glacial retreat. What they found has profound consequences for our planet's future.

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