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Posted Tue Jul 24 2012: from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center: Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1343168605 For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface, according to measurements from three independent satellites analyzed by NASA and university scientists. [Read more stories about: arctic meltdown, climate impacts, anthropogenic change, holyshit] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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