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Description: The Greenland ice cap is melting so quickly that it is triggering earthquakes as pieces of ice several cubic kilometres in size break off. A satellite study shows that the glacier is now flowing three times faster into the sea than it was ten years ago. The implications for rising sea levels –and climate change – could be dramatic.
Year: 2009
Photographer: Howard Kingsnorth
Date: 2009-12-02
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