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Not really, no. http://beta.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-sheet-surface-mass-budget/ http://beta.dmi.dk/en/groenland/maalinger/greenland-ice-shee

• tashi 10y ago
  "Is melting," not "has melted." Did you misread the headline and then accidentally skip the article?
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  • thrw567 10y ago
    I did skip the article considering it's New Yorker article (i.e. very long). The title is however "Greenland is melting", and the link provided by the gp shows that year to date (from 1-Sep to today), Greenland has acquired more surface ice mass than 2 standard deviations above the mean historical rate (over the last 24 years). So, no, Greenland is not melting.
    • throwaway7767 10y ago
      From the same link: > As mentioned, satellites measuring the ice sheet mass have observed a loss of around 200 Gt/year over the last decade. Looking at the data for one year is not very useful. This is a long term process, as the long article you didn't read went to great pains to explain.
      • thrw567 10y ago
        Fair enough. It would also be useful to know that 200 GT/year translates into 0.01% per year. Or 1% per century. It's indeed a long term process.
    • random314 10y ago
      > year to date (from 1-Sep to today) This year to date data skips the summer season and includes winter!
• dzdt 10y ago
  Yes, this year's melt season hasn't started yet. And yes, it has been a snowier-than-normal winter for Greenland. That doesn't negate the long term trend of melting!