US EditionMay Was World's Second-Hottest on Record, EU Scientists Say
- A record-breaking heatwave hit Iceland and Greenland from May 15-21, 2025, with temperatures exceeding 26 degrees Celsius in Iceland.
- This heatwave was intensified by human-caused climate change, which made the event about three degrees Celsius hotter in Iceland and 3.9C warmer in eastern Greenland.
- The Arctic is experiencing warming at a rate approximately quadruple that of the global average, leading to faster ice loss, melting permafrost, and significant impacts on local ecosystems and the livelihoods of indigenous communities.
- Friederike Otto explained that the Greenland ice sheet melted 17 times faster during the heatwave, leading to a greater contribution to sea level rise, and emphasized that such an event would not have been possible without the influence of human-driven climate change.
- The heatwave's effects threaten infrastructure, traditional hunting, and global weather patterns, highlighting the urgency of reducing fossil fuel emissions to limit further warming.
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Record-breaking heat wave due to climate change hits Iceland & Greenland: Scientists
In May, both Iceland and Greenland experienced record-breaking heat. A new rapid analysis has found that the heat wave in both regions was made worse and more likely in today’s warmer climate. The analysis was conducted by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global network of researchers that evaluates the role of climate change in extreme […]
Heat remained the new norm in the world in May, both on land and on the seas, many of them still experiencing "unusually high" temperatures as for more than two years. ...
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World NewsGreenland’s record heat wave adds to sea level concerns
A new analysis says climate change drove May’s record heat wave in Greenland and Iceland, prompting Greenland’s ice sheet to melt many times faster than normal. Scientists say the melt could disturb global climate and weather patterns.
Greenland ice melts 17 times faster amid record-breaking heat wave in Iceland, Greenland
Iceland's record heat, over 13°C above average, threatening infrastructure and indigenous hunting, as such events are likely to occur every 100 years, according to World Weather Attribution - Anadolu Ajansı
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