Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster than Expected

June 13th, 2009

Well…more great news for those that want human life to end. The Greenland ice sheet, according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes, suggests that it is melting faster than expected.

It also states that the melting may have caused almost 25 percent of the total sea level increase over the last 13 years. The study also shows that seas now are rising by more than 3 millimeters a year–more than 50 percent faster than the average for the 20th century.

End of the world. Sell your certified diamonds and live it up. We’re all going to die (most likely not from this, but we are all going to die)

“Increasing sea level rise will be a problem in the future for people living in coastal regions around the globe,” said UAF researcher Sebastian H. Mernild. “Even a small sea level rise can be a problem for these communities. It is our hope that this research can provide people with accurate information needed to plan for protecting people and communities.”