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→Scientific inaccuracies in the film: A study finds ice isn’t being lost from Greenland’s interior
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|Gore argues Greenland is in rapid meltdown, and that this threatens to [[sea level increase|raise sea levels]] by 20 feet.
|Gore argues Greenland is in rapid meltdown, and that this threatens to [[sea level increase|raise sea levels]] by 20 feet.
|But according to a 2005 study in the Journal of Glaciology, the Greenland ice sheet is thinning at the margins and growing inland, with a small overall mass gain. In late 2006, researchers at the Danish Meteorological Institute reported that the past two decades were the coldest for Greenland since the 1910s.
|But according to a 2005 study in the Journal of Glaciology, the Greenland ice sheet is thinning at the margins and growing inland, with a small overall mass gain. In late 2006, researchers at the Danish Meteorological Institute reported that the past two decades were the coldest for Greenland since the 1910s. In 2016, a study finds ice isn’t being lost from Greenland’s interior <ref>[http://news.uic.edu/study-finds-ice-isnt-being-lost-from-greenlands-interior A study finds ice isn’t being lost from Greenland’s interior UIC News Center, May 4th, 2016]</ref>
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|Gore claims the Antarctic ice sheet is melting because of global warming.
|Gore claims the Antarctic ice sheet is melting because of global warming.