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Published 2 years ago

The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

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The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and 17 alone would be enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. The rate of melting in recent years exceeds anything Greenland has experienced in the last 12,000 years. Greenland holds enough ice that if it all melted, it would lift sea level by 7.5 meters.

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Greenland lost enough ice over three days to put West Virginia under a foot of water

Northern Greenland, which is usually well below freezing, reached 60F this past week

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom
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The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

Six billion tons of water per day melted off the ice sheet in northern Greenland this past weekend.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States
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The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

By René Marsh and Angela Fritz, CNNThe water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles accumulating on the region’s icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet.Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have triggered rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean. Temperatures have been running around 60 degrees Fahrenheit — 10 de…

2 years ago·Panama City, United States
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'Enough To Cover West Virginia': 18 Billion Tons Of Ice Melt Off Greenland Amid Global Heat Wave

As nations continue to swelter beneath a massive heat wave, the impact has also registered as far north as Greenland where 18 billion tons of ice melted into the Atlantic over three days.

2 years ago·United States
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The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have triggered rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean.

2 years ago·Sacramento, United States
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The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

Several days of unusually warm weather in northern Greenland have triggered rapid melting, made visible by the rivers of meltwater rushing into the ocean.

2 years ago·Boston, United States
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