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With constant #reports of melting #glaciers due to global warming, a new revelation that #Greenland's largest glacier actually grew in size sent out a ray of hope.
The #Jakobshavn Glacier thickened slightly due to cooler ocean water at its base, which reversed 20 years of thinning. But it turns out that the melting across Greenland continues at a worrisome pace. Moreover, the Jakobshavn Glacier only accounts for about seven percent of the entire ice sheet, so even robust growth would be outweighed by losses from the rest of Greenland.
However the development does show that there's an ebb and flow to the size of glaciers in a warming world, which means it'll be harder to make predictions.
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