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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Greenland ice sheet cracking open quicker than ever before, warn scientists

The Greenland Ice Sheet, which scientists have warned is cracking open quicker than previously - (Tom Chudey/Durham University/ERC RESPONDER Project/PA Wire)

The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking open quicker than previously, scientists have warned.

Using 3-D maps of its surface, researchers have found crevasses have got significantly wider and deeper at the sheet’s fast-flowing edges between 2016 and 2021.

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