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News Release 14-069
2012 surface melt of Greenland ice sheet driven by combined effects of rising temperatures and ash from forest fires
Dartmouth, Desert Research Institute researchers suggest nearly annual surface melting expected by century's end
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Kaitlin Keegan, of Dartmouth College, in a snow pit on the Greenland ice sheet. The pit shows layers of annual accumulation.
Credit: NSF photo
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A view of the Greenland ice sheet, which experienced widespread surface melting in 2012.
Credit: Peter West, NSF
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