During the period from 2003 to 2013 in Greenland melted 2700 gigatons of ice, which is 7.6% faster than the scientists expected.
Such melting caused by mantle plumes.
According to scientists from the State University of Ohio in USA, plume, fueling the volcanoes of Iceland and softens the surface layer. Because of his actions, the researchers got lost in the calculations. Error scientists equivalent to 200 gigatons of ice per year. According to Professor Michael Bevis, you should not push the panic button because of an error in the calculations, since it is not critical.
But scientists have to change the calculations. At the moment, monitoring of the Greenland glaciers is by means of satellites, which data is converted into a computer model of the ice island.
