Greenland

12 billion tons of Greenland’s ice sheet melt in one day

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 - 09:51 GMT

For the second time this summer, Greenland, the world’s largest island, lost much of its ice sheet due to the increasing heat wave. Around 12 million tons of ice melt as the temperature hits 22°C degrees on August 1, to record the second melting wave for

Sunnier weather accelerating Greenland's ice melt: study

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 - 09:20 GMT

Sunnier weather is significantly accelerating the melting of Greenland's glaciers, exacerbating the effects of rising global temperatures

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