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Meltwater lakes form on the surface of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier.

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Meltwater lakes form on the surface of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, seen here in a June 2019 Landsat image. A new study finds that the number, and elevation, of meltwater lakes in Greenalnd is increasing. Credit: NASA/USGS

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