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Mineral dust accelerates Greenland ice sheet melt by promoting algae growth
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Mineral dust accelerates Greenland ice sheet melt by promoting algae growth
Large-scale melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is irreversible and happening at a rapid rate, and now a new international study is the first to understand why. A University of Waterloo scientist and a team of international collaborators found that airborne mineral dust and other aerosols are directly connected to how much algae grows on the ice. The algae interfere with albedo, or the reflection of the sun's rays, exacerbating melting. The work …
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Researchers sound the alarm: Greenland's ice sheet loses billions of tons of ice every year. Rain plays a crucial role in this.
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