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The Greenland ice sheet is losing mass to the ocean at an increasing rate (Thomas et al. 2006). During the 1980s the ice sheet was believed to be in near-equilibrium (van den Broeke et al. 2009). Within the first decade of the 21st century, however, a net negative balance was observed. Greenland’s present rate of ice loss is c. 250 Gt yr–1, equivalent to a sea-level rise contribution of c. 0.69 mm yr–1. The rate of ice loss has increased over the post 1992 observation period (Shepherd et al. 2012).
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Copyright (c) 2014 Morten L Andersen, Signe B Andersen, Lars Stenseng, Henriette Skourup, William Colgan, Steen S Kristensen, John P Merryman Boncori, Andreas P Ahlstrøm, Xavier Fettweis, René Forsberg, Michele Citterio, Jason E Box, Dirk van As, Robert S Fausto

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This Review of Survey activities presents a selection of 22 papers reflecting the wide spectrum of activities of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, from the microscopic to the plate-tectonic level.
The Survey's activities in Denmark and surrounding areas are illustrated [...]