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In 2016, surface melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet started early and fast.
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The 2011 Greenland melt season was up to 30 days longer than the 1979–2010 average. This color-coded map shows where melt season lasted more or less than average.
The northern fringes of Greenland's ice sheet saw extreme melting in 2008, according to NASA scientist Marco Tedesco and his colleagues.
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Melt ponds on the surface of Greenland’s ice sheet are an important indicator of the strength of the 2013 melt season.
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In July 2012, satellites observed melting on nearly 97 percent of the ice sheet surface.
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