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Greenland goes green : ice sheet melted in four days /

On July 8, 2012, NASA satellite imagery showed about 40 percent of Greenland's top ice layer had begun its summer thaw. By July 12, only four days later, 97 percent of the ice had thawed. Margaret Warner asks NASA's Thomas Wagner for a scientific explanation of the massive change.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Producer)
Other Authors: Warner, Margaret, 1950- (Interviewer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Arlington, VA : MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, 2012.
Series:Coping with climate change ; season 1, episode 7
Environmental studies in video
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Weather.
Greenland.
Climat > Changements.
Temps (Météorologie)
Climatic changes
Weather
Greenland
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:On July 8, 2012, NASA satellite imagery showed about 40 percent of Greenland's top ice layer had begun its summer thaw. By July 12, only four days later, 97 percent of the ice had thawed. Margaret Warner asks NASA's Thomas Wagner for a scientific explanation of the massive change.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 9, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 min.).
Playing Time:00:07:14