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| Subject: Ice-cream deliveries suspended: Greenland lost 11 billion tons of ice in one day Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:22 pm | |
| Greenland lost 11 billion tons of surface ice on Thursday, scientists say. The melt is Greenland's biggest of the summer and is equal to about 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools, CNN reported Friday. - Quote :
- This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today and Danish officials say 12 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Rl2odG4xWj
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 1, 2019 Danish Meteorological Institute climate scientist Ruth Mottram told the news outlet that Greenland's ice sheet has been "persistently" melting during the last four months amid record temperature highs.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455908-greenland-lost-11-billion-tons-of-surface-ice-in-one-day
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