Water From Major Greenland Ice Melt Could Fill 7.2 Million Olympic Swimming Pools

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Water From Major Greenland Ice Melt Could Fill 7.2 Million Olympic Swimming Pools
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'It definitely worries me,' said one scientist conducting research on Greenland's ice sheet.

more ambitious policies to rapidly transition away from fossil fuels, the primary source of planet-wrecking emissions.

That's enough to cover all of West Virginia in a foot of water, the outlet noted. Last week, the state's right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchinto support any clean energy provisions in his party's floundering reconciliation bill, which needs 50 votes to pass in the evenly split upper chamber.

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