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As record-breaking summer temperatures scorched Europe, parts of the Greenland ice sheet have seen their own 'mini heatwave'. The melting of Greenland's huge ice sheet is one of the more visible signs of human-caused global warming from the burning of fossil fuels.

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As record-breaking summer temperatures scorched Europe, parts of the Greenland ice sheet have seen their own 'mini heatwave'. The melting of Greenland's huge ice sheet is one of the more visible signs of human-caused global warming from the burning of fossil fuels.

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