MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — University of Idaho professor Von P. Walden and eight other scientists planned to take some basic measurements of the atmosphere and clouds at Summit Station in Greenland last July, but they ended up recording a scientific anomaly, instead.

Walden, who is a UI geography professor, said while taking some remote measurements, members of his team discovered the ice sheet covering Greenland was melting rapidly, which contributes to the rise in sea level.

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