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Staggering loss of ice from Greenland

Independent 22nd Aug 2020, High temperatures saw Greenland lose enough ice to cover the US state of
California in more than four feet of water in 2019 alone, a study which  suggests the island lost a million tonnes of ice for every minute of the  year has said.

After two years in which the land masses’ summer ice melt had been negligible, satellite measurements have suggested an excessively hot 2019 saw the loss of 586 billion tons of ice melt from the island. The loss represents more than 532 trillion litres of water according to a study published in Communications Earth & Environment – equivalent to 212.8 million olympic-sized swimming pools over the course of 2019, or seven for every second of the year.

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/greenland-ice-melt-glacier-global-warming-climate-change-nasa-alfred-wegener-institute-a9683866.html

August 24, 2020 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ARCTIC, climate change