TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A large reservoir of melt water was discovered under the Greenland ice sheet, stored in the air space between particles of ice. The aquifer, being in the size of Ireland, could pose important clues to sea level rise, Nature Geoscience wrote.
The Greenland ice sheet melting has been a significant contributor to a rise in sea levels over the past 100 years. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the ice sheet lost 34 billion tonnes of ice per year between 1992 and 2001.
"This discovery was a surprise," said Prof. Rick Forster from the University of Utah. "Liquid water storage may play an expanding role in the ice sheet's future response to climate change."
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