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The glaciers of Greenland have been melting at an accelerating rate. Thus far, research has attributed much of the melting to warmer air currents and reduced winter freezing. But another mechanism—warm ocean currents—has been identified as a <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/12/greenland_i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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