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Greenland
The ice
sheet that blankets the largest island in the world holds
about 630,000 miles of ice. But NASA estimated in 2005 that
the ice sheet was losing about 200 gigatons per year –
roughly 200 times more than the amount of water Los Angeles
uses every year.
At a research camp on the ice sheet, scientists say
temperatures are up 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 30
years, more than double the global average. The researchers
at Swiss Camp are studying how fast the ice is melting and
the way it is changing locally and what impact that will
have on the world.
