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  • Greenland's ice sheet is carefully monitored from space by NASA and the European Space Agency satellites. (Hannes Grobe, Wikimedia Commons)
    The Greenland Ice Sheet Is Melting Faster Than Expected
    Walker Rhea
    The Greenland ice sheet is melting due to global climate change, and this melting may become the biggest single contributor to rising sea levels in this century. The ice sheet is enormous. It's seven times bigger than the United Kingdom and almost two miles thick in places.