
The amount of Greenland ice that melted on Tuesday could cover Florida in 2 inches of water
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Greenland is experiencing its most significant melting event of the year as temperatures in the Arctic surge.
It's the third instance of extreme melting on the continent in the past decade, during which time the melting has stretched farther inland than the entire satellite era, which began in the 1970s. Greenland lost more than 8.5 billion tons of surface mass on Tuesday, and 18.4 billion tons since Sunday, according to the Denmark Meteorological Institute. While this week's total ice loss is not as extreme as a similar event in 2019 — a record melt year — the area of the ice sheet that's melting is larger.More Related News













