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Greenland melting breaks record 4 weeks early
Greenland melting breaks record 4 weeks early - Arctic Sea Ice
There already was a suspicion that this year would become a record year for Greenland ice melt, after all the real-time information we received from Dr. Jason Box with regards to the reflectivity of the Greenland Ice Sheet (see Dark side of Greenland), the extremely high temperatures in much of Greenland leading to above freezing temperatures at the 3200 m high Summit Camp in the middle of the Greenland Ice Sheet, leading to 97% of the ice sheet showing signs of melting at one point (see Unprecedented Greenland ice sheet surface melt), and huge amounts of water coming down the hill in Kangerlussuaq on the west coast of Greenland (see Wet side of Greenland).
Melting over the Greenland ice sheet shattered the seasonal record on August 8 a full four weeks before the close of the melting season, reported Marco Tedesco, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at The City College of New York.
The melting season in Greenland usually lasts from June when the first puddles of meltwater appear to early-September, when temperatures cool. This year, cumulative melting in the first week in August had already exceeded the record of 2010, taken over a full season, according to Professor Tedescos ongoing analysis.
With more yet to come in August, this years overall melting will fall way above the old records. Thats a goliath year the greatest melt since satellite recording began in 1979, said Professor Tedesco.
Greenland melting breaks record 4 weeks early - Arctic Sea Ice