Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West
Virginia in a foot of water
Europe, America, and China have all been suffering heat waves this
month. Record high temperatures have been registered in many places already. And
so has been in Greenland. Even on the Northern Hemisphere’s most icy island, temperatures
have been several degrees higher than normal, melting ice rapidly. In fact, as
much as six billion tons of water, enough to fill more than seven million
Olympic-sized swimming pools, rushed into the ocean each day between July 15
and 17. This is a continuing trend these
days as enough ice melted in Greenland in 2019 to raise the global sea level by
1.5 millimeters permanently.
Indeed, the heatwave is everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere this summer.
Read the article and watch the video to learn about the transformation occurring
in Greenland.
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