![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508004835im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Greenland Melt Accelerating, According to CU-Boulder Study
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December 10, 2007
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The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder climate scientist.
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Source University of Colorado at Boulder
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