Photo Friday: The 2020 Greenland Melt Season is Underway
The National Snow and Ice Data Center resumed daily monitoring of the 2020 Greenland melt season. The interactive chart, which is updated daily, provides a contextual look at ongoing melt across the ice sheet and its outlet glaciers. The post Photo Friday: The 2020 Greenland Melt Season is Underway appeared first on GlacierHub.
Author: Peter Deneen
Date: 2020-05-08
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