17 minutes agoFear - inspiring climate change, during the day it melted enough ice to cover Florida with five inches of water
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)While climate change is causing high temperatures throughout the Arctic, Greenland lost a large amount of ice, which melt can cover Florida with a total of five - inch [5 cm] water. This is the third largest loss of Arctic Island in 71 years, the volume of water can [...]
This is the third largest loss of the Arctic island in 71 years, the volume of water can cover all of Florida at an altitude of five inches [5 cm].
The previous two records were marked in 2012 and 2019.
According to scientists, the rapid melting of the ice came as a result of hot air blocked on the Arctic island. They warn there will be more glacier melts.
Just Wednesday, July 28th, about 22 gigatons of ice melted overnight.
12 of the gigatons that were melted into the ocean, while 10 gigatons were absorbed by snow, and it is possible to freeze again, according to Xavier Fetvais, a climatelogist at the University of Liege in Belgium.
Poplar Portal, an association of Danish think tanks, described the phenomenon in a Twitter post, referring to the “mass creation”.
Although the volume of the ice melted in one day was smaller than that in 2019, the phenomenon involved a larger area, he explained.
Scientists estimate that the melting of Greenland's ice layer is responsible for about 25% of sea level growth in recent decades.
Just as disturbing is the fact that the Arctic is generally warming faster than the rest of the planet.
On Wednesday, the air temperature in Greenland was “disturbing”, reaching as high as 23.2 degrees Celsius in Constable Pin, on the eastern part of the island.
