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When ice sheets melt, ocean levels rise, right? Simple as that. Sure. Maybe not quite. Most of the conversation around sea level rise has focused on Antarctica. With good reason, there is the potential right now of a huge ice shelf in Antarctica collapsing, which would call

massive sea level rise all around the world. But lately, Greenland has become the hot topic

in ice melting. Reports have emerged that we're seeing an acceleration of melting in Greenland

upwards of 12% quicker than just in 2015.

OMG, am I right?

Rott roll.

And this melting will have dire consequences both on sea level rise and ocean currents

in the Atlantic, especially with introducing that much cold water into a really complicated

ocean system.

But many questions remain about Greenland,

especially around how fast the ice is melting and if it's accelerating. So this week, I called

up Josh Willis. He's the senior scientist on NASA JPL's OMG project. What a name for a

scientific study. It's the Oceans Melting Greenland

Project, which is stating melting over the next five years on Greenland using a combination of

novel sensors in the ocean and satellite imagery. We had a ranging discussion on the impact of

melting and the weird dynamics that are involved when freshwater and saltwater come together.

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