A study published in Nature uses modeling to predict that the rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet this century will exceed any previous rate during the entire Holocene. Matthew Rosza notes one anticipated impact.
[I]f [the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation] is slowed down or even halted entirely because of the infusion of melted icewater from Greenland, it could have unpredictable and disruptive consequences for humanity and the rest of life on Earth.
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