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Atmospheric rivers melt Greenland

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Recent years have seen increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributing to accelerated rates of sea-level rise. New research suggests that this melting occurred due to an increased frequency of atmospheric rivers, narrow filaments of moist air moving polewards.

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Fig. 1: Example of an atmospheric river event on 24 August 2011.

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  1. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    William Neff

  2. Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA

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Neff, W. Atmospheric rivers melt Greenland. Nature Clim Change 8, 857–858 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0297-4

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