GREENLAND ICE MELT
Partial Photo: Alex Rose
At the end of July this year, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice with enough melting to cover Florida in 2 inches (5.1 cm) of water. While that volume was less than the record single-day ice melt, it covered a larger area. It was the third-biggest ice loss for Greenland in a single day since 1950. The other two records happened in 2012 and 2019. Greenland’s ice sheet–the second-biggest on Earth after Antarctica’s–has caused around 25% of global sea level rise seen over the last few decades.
www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-experienced-massive-ice-melt-this-week-scientists-say-2021-07-30/