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By 2100, Greenland will be losing ice at its fastest rate in 12,000 years

The rate of loss currently matches the peak reached during a 3,000-year warm period

Greenland ice sheet

Greenland’s ice sheet (shown) has advanced and retreated many times over millennia. But new research shows the rate of ice loss is ramping up, and will be the fastest in 12,000 years by 2100.

J. Briner

By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

By 2100, Greenland will be shedding ice faster than at any time in the past 12,000 years, scientists report October 1 in Nature.