<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/670398main_greenland_2012194-673_0.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 491px;" title="The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12." /><span class="caption">The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="storyTop ">Scientists say there has been a freak event in Greenland this month: Nearly every part of the massive ice sheet that blankets the island suddenly started melting.</span></p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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