Greenland glacial melt is growing factor rising sea levels

Al Jazeera: Greenland’s glaciers are far more vulnerable to climate change-induced warming oceans than previously thought, a report released Sunday by UC- Irvine and NASA glaciologists said. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, reveals previously uncharted deep valleys stretching for dozens of miles under the Greenland Ice Sheet -- showing that there are no natural barriers to stop the melting. The findings echo a report released last week showing that glacial melting in West Antarctica......

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