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Melting ice making Greenland Sea less saline
October 16 , 2017
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- For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.
- The increased melting of Greenland ice causes coastal waters to become less saline.
- The less saline water is expected to affect marine life as well as global ocean currents that keep Europe warm.
- The ‘Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring Program’ shows that the fresh water from the ice sheet accumulates in the surface layer of the surrounding sea and flows into the Greenland fjords.
- Meltdown of the Greenland ice sheet has more than doubled compared with the period 1983-2003.
- Fjords are a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.
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