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Posted Sun Jan 9 2011: from Berlingske Tidende, via DesdemonaDespair:
Greenland's melting seems unstoppable http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1294608838
No matter how much we turn down the CO2-burner, Greenland will still reach a significant turning point by around 2040, writes Berlingske Tidende.... "It is a very troubling result, because it shows that the melting can go much stronger than we usually imagine," says one of the article's authors, Jens Hesselberg Christensen, Berlingske Tidende.... "Based on our model, I would almost argue that the time has already passed. Our results indicate in principle that continuous melting is inevitable," says Jens Hesselberg.
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