Scientists discover Arctic warming of Greenland ice sheet driven by geothermal activity
Date: 28/12/20
Tohoku University
Newly discovered Greenland hot rock mantle plume drives thermal activities in the Arctic
A team of researchers understands more about the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. They discovered a flow of hot rocks, known as a mantle plume, rising from the core-mantle boundary beneath central Greenland that melts the ice from below.
The results of their two-part study were published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
Knowledge about the Greenland plume will bolster our understanding of volcanic activities in these regions and the problematic issue of global sea-level rising caused by the melting of the Greenland ice sheet,†said Dr. Genti Toyokuni, co-author of the studies.
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