Published 3 years ago

Rain fell at the normally snowy summit of Greenland for the first time on record

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Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record. It is another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet, already melting at an increasing rate. melting from Greenland's ice sheet has caused around 25% of global sea level rise seen over the last few decades.

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Yahoo News

It rained for the first time at the summit of Greenland's ice sheet

Rain fell for several hours at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week — its first rainfall event in recorded history.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Greenland Receives Rain For First Time Ever Instead of Snow

The effects of human-induced global warming can be seen already as the island of Greenland situated near the north pole received precipitation on Saturday August 14, at the summit not in the form of snow but as rain.

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record

Temperatures on summit are normally well below freezing with rain a stark sign of climate crisis

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Rainfall at Greenland ice summit for first time

Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet a

3 years ago·India

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Reuters

Rain falls at Greenland ice summit for first time on record

By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta - Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet already melting at an increasing rate, scientists said on Friday. "That's not a healthy sign for an ice sheet," said Indrani Das, a glaciologist with Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Rain has never been recorded on Greenland's snowy summit — until now

For the first time on record, rain has been recorded on the summit of Greenland — a location where precipitation has previously always fallen as snow or ice.

3 years ago·Canada

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