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forced to apologize for suggesting incorrect claim 15% of the Greenland ice melted

Times, editors, Atlas of the world complete said they were "urgently review" the representation of the permanent ice cover of Greenland in the last issue, amid doubts about the accuracy the card again.

HarperCollins has already been forced to apologize for his statement incorrectly suggests 15% of the ice on the island - an area the size of Great Britain and Ireland combined -. They cast

While the first editors stand by the accuracy of these maps, scientists raised concerns, saying many glaciers can be found in the atlas shows the ice conditions and the emergence of new land.

HarperCollins, part of the Murdoch publishing empire, has announced plans to produce a map of Greenland, which "reflects all the latest data." However, he insisted that "there is no clarity" in the scientific community and mapping on the issue of the Greenland ice sheet. The map is reworked as an insert of the present atlas.

In a statement, the company said: "On reflection and discussion with the scientific community, the current map does not explain the issue as clear as it should be

"We are now urgently review the representation of ice atlas against all ongoing investigations and the available data, and work with the scientific community to develop a map of Greenland, which reflects all more recent data.

"In addition, the strip of plain ice seems to be demonstrated that the earth is not the ice. We conclude that a significant portion of the assigned area as free of ice atlas is obviously still ice-covered. "
said the volume of ice lost from the Greenland ice sheet at a rate of about 0.1% over 12 years. This contradicted the statement made by HarperCollins in the launch of the atlas, which said 15% of which had melted, causing the apology of the editor. However, in a Guardian comment piece Christoffersen criticized the decision by HarperCollins not to correct the maps.