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WHOI glaciologist Sarah Das (on ladder) checks a temperature sensor left for a year on an instrument tower to capture long-term, daily measurements. High platforms keep the scientists’ instruments off the Greenland ice sheet, which melts at a rate of 5 feet per year.


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Posted: March 3, 2009

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