WASHINGTON — Fueled by global warming, polar ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are now melting three times faster than they did in the 1990s, a new scientific study says.

So far, that’s only added about a half inch to rising sea levels, not as bad as some earlier worst case scenarios. But the quicker pace of melting, especially in Greenland, has ice scientists worried.

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Esnesnon

11/30/2012 07:18 AM

This gets buried in the paper and a minor blackout is on the front page? This is something we need to deal with.