As ice melts, Greenland could become big sand exporter, says study

"This is a unique situation because of the melting ice sheet."

By Alister Doyle, Reuters February 12, 2019
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OSLO — Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists said on Monday.

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