Last week, a heat wave spurred Greenland’s biggest melting event of the 2021 season so far. The Polar Portal, run by Danish research institutions, stated that enough water melted to cover all of Florida with two inches of water.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The Greenland ice sheet experienced a massive melting event last week
This could have short-term and long-term implications for sea-level rise.
By Kasha Patel
August 5, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT