Statements (66)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
sea ice
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gptkbp:annualMassLoss |
hundreds of gigatons
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gptkbp:area |
about 1,710,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:contains |
gptkb:Camp_Century
gptkb:Dye_3 gptkb:Helheim_Glacier gptkb:Jakobshavn_Glacier gptkb:Kangerlussuaq_Glacier gptkb:NEEM_Camp gptkb:Petermann_Glacier gptkb:Sermeq_Kujalleq gptkb:Store_Glacier gptkb:Summit_Camp gptkb:Russell_Glacier crevasses freshwater methane hydrates ice ridges microbial life moulins ablation zones ancient air bubbles bedrock cryoconite holes dust layers firn ice cores ice divides ice domes ice shelves (small, limited) ice streams outlet glaciers paleoclimate records snow accumulation zones subglacial canyons subglacial lakes subglacial mountains subglacial rivers surface lakes |
gptkbp:covers |
about 80% of Greenland's surface
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gptkbp:elevation |
up to 3,216 meters
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gptkbp:endDate |
marine-terminating glaciers
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gptkbp:flowsThrough |
Greenland's coast
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gptkbp:formed |
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Greenland Ice Sheet
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gptkbp:iceCoreRecords |
climate history
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gptkbp:largestCity |
ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Greenland
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gptkbp:losingMassSince |
1990s
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gptkbp:meltingAcceleratedBy |
global warming
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gptkbp:meltingContributesTo |
global sea level rise
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gptkbp:meltingSeason |
summer
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gptkbp:monitors |
gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA |
gptkbp:secondLargest |
ice body in the world
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gptkbp:studiedBy |
glaciologists
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gptkbp:subjectOf |
climate change research
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gptkbp:surfaceMeltObservedBy |
satellites
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gptkbp:thickness |
about 2,000 meters
over 3,000 meters |
gptkbp:volume |
about 2,850,000 cubic kilometers
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Jakobshavn_Glacier gptkb:Petermann_Glacier gptkb:Humboldt_Glacier |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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