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A Monumental Storm Dropped 16 Billion Tons of Snow on Greenland, Slowing Melt of Ice Sheet

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Global warming is melting Greenlandâs ice sheets at unprecedented rates.

An intense atmospheric river pummeled Svalbard with rain, but 2,000 kilometers away in southeastern Greenland , it delivered snow.

An ice core section revealed that the river had brought 16 billion tons of snow to Greenland , offsetting the ice sheetâs yearly ice loss by 8% in just three days .