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Temperatures on Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report
It sounds like a time-traveling to study ice cores in the polar regions as they were formed hundreds of years ago. Recent research on Greenland’s ice cores found that the Arctic region seems to have been warming four times as fast as the rest of the planet. In fact, only in 10 years in the first decade of the millennium, the region’s temperatures rose by 1.5 degrees Celsius from the previous century. As the planet is becoming warmer, researchers warn that Greenland’s ice sheet will cause catastrophic melting, rising sea levels by 50 centimeters before 2100. We’ve already witnessed the entire ice sheet’s surface begin melting in 2019 when Greenland had unusually warm spring and summer. Also, for the first time on record, the summit of Greenland, over 3,000 meters high, had rainfall. All these extreme weather events accelerate ice melting. By knowing the past and present climate conditions, the future is more reliably predicted. The question is how and how soon actions are taken to prevent further ice melt.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about another evidence of global warming.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/18/world/greenland-ice-sheet-warming-climate/index.html
Temperatures on Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report
It sounds like a time-traveling to study ice cores in the polar regions as they were formed hundreds of years ago. Recent research on Greenland’s ice cores found that the Arctic region seems to have been warming four times as fast as the rest of the planet. In fact, only in 10 years in the first decade of the millennium, the region’s temperatures rose by 1.5 degrees Celsius from the previous century. As the planet is becoming warmer, researchers warn that Greenland’s ice sheet will cause catastrophic melting, rising sea levels by 50 centimeters before 2100. We’ve already witnessed the entire ice sheet’s surface begin melting in 2019 when Greenland had unusually warm spring and summer. Also, for the first time on record, the summit of Greenland, over 3,000 meters high, had rainfall. All these extreme weather events accelerate ice melting. By knowing the past and present climate conditions, the future is more reliably predicted. The question is how and how soon actions are taken to prevent further ice melt.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about another evidence of global warming.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/18/world/greenland-ice-sheet-warming-climate/index.html
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