Scientists have been keeping track of the amount of ice sheets melting in Greenland with the use of satellites that survey the sky above the ice, which determines whether the ice is melting based on gravitational pull; if the ice sheets are melting, the pull will be weaker than the previous surveillance and a stronger pull means there is more mass located in the area, which is made up of rock and ice. During the last ice age, the ice's weight caused the island to sink into the crust below, when the ice began to melt, mantle went under Greenland and the land started to rise. This affects satellite readings because even though the ice is melting, which should cause the gravitational pull to become weaker, the mantle beneath the ice is adding more mass, which causes the pull to become stronger, making scientists believe that the ice sheets are not melting as fast. The ice sheets are melting faster than researchers thought, which signals to the rest of us that global warming is still increasing. The weather's temperature will increase globally and the sea levels will also begin to rise due to the drastic melting measures of ice sheets. Global warming will negatively impact the world, causing plant and animal species to die out if they cannot adapt to the warmer temperatures, which will negatively affect agriculture and the economy. The rest of society must become aware of the negative impacts that melting has on the environment and the economy. In order to prevent global warming, we must work together to reduce the amount of carbon we are emitting into the atmosphere. www.ecowatch.com/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-2012329988.html
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