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Greenland Temperature soars 40F above normal, and...
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<blockquote data-quote="Halbhh" data-source="post: 74189985" data-attributes="member: 375234"><p>"Greenland is also sweltering in the Northern Hemisphere’s heat wave: The island lost nearly 200 billion tons of ice in July, according to the <a href="http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/#c8397" target="_blank">Danish Meteorological Institute</a>. On July 31, a record-breaking <a href="https://www.apnews.com/65694195c91d4b62b275bd14a6955b4c" target="_blank">56.5 percent of Greenland’s ice sheet</a> was showing signs of melting, DMI glaciologist Ruth Mottram told the <em>Associated Press</em>. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/02/melting-ice-wildfires-five-visuals-to-sum-up-greenland-s-heatwave" target="_blank">Images from the Copernicus satellite</a> captured August 1 show multiple melt ponds, as well as burn scars from a recent fire and smoke from an active fire on the island.</p><p></p><p>"The Arctic blazes are not only scorching vast swaths of Earth; they’re also releasing copious amounts of carbon dioxide. June’s fires alone released more than 50 metric megatons of carbon dioxide, the WMO said, more than the total released by all June fires from 2010 to 2018.... "</p><p> <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-burning-greenland-melting-thanks-record-heat?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2&utm_source=Latest_Headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest_Headlines" target="_blank">The Arctic is burning and Greenland is melting, thanks to record heat</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Halbhh, post: 74189985, member: 375234"] "Greenland is also sweltering in the Northern Hemisphere’s heat wave: The island lost nearly 200 billion tons of ice in July, according to the [URL='http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/#c8397']Danish Meteorological Institute[/URL]. On July 31, a record-breaking [URL='https://www.apnews.com/65694195c91d4b62b275bd14a6955b4c']56.5 percent of Greenland’s ice sheet[/URL] was showing signs of melting, DMI glaciologist Ruth Mottram told the [I]Associated Press[/I]. [URL='https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/02/melting-ice-wildfires-five-visuals-to-sum-up-greenland-s-heatwave']Images from the Copernicus satellite[/URL] captured August 1 show multiple melt ponds, as well as burn scars from a recent fire and smoke from an active fire on the island. "The Arctic blazes are not only scorching vast swaths of Earth; they’re also releasing copious amounts of carbon dioxide. June’s fires alone released more than 50 metric megatons of carbon dioxide, the WMO said, more than the total released by all June fires from 2010 to 2018.... " [URL="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-burning-greenland-melting-thanks-record-heat?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=latest-newsletter-v2&utm_source=Latest_Headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest_Headlines"]The Arctic is burning and Greenland is melting, thanks to record heat[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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