CNN Climate change: Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice yesterday, which is very unusual

[TomSea]

CNN
Climate change: Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice yesterday, which is very unusual
By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist

Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting yesterday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (a gigaton is equal to 1 billion tons).

While Greenland is a big island filled with lots of ice, it is highly unusual for that much ice to be lost in the middle of June. The average "melt season" for Greenland runs from June to August, with the bulk of the melting occurring in July.

To visualize how much ice that is, imagine filling the National Mall in Washington DC with enough ice to reach a point in the sky eight times higher than the Washington Monument (to borrow an analogy Meredith Nettles from Columbia University gave to the Washington Post.)

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-change-greenland-lost-2-billion-tons-of-ice-yesterday-which-is-very-unusual/ar-AACTn2M

[rustynail]

If President Obama had given us a Carbon Tax  this Climate Crisis would not be ongoing.

[Sanguine]

If President Obama had given us a Carbon Tax  this Climate Crisis would not be ongoing.

That's it exactly.

[Wingnut]

It is the end of the world as we know it.   I feel fine.

[Idiot]

Good grief it's summer and the ice melts.  I wonder how many billions of tons were gained during the winter.

[jpsb]

http://sciencenordic.com/how-greenland-ice-sheet-fared-2018

[GtHawk]

http://sciencenordic.com/how-greenland-ice-sheet-fared-2018

How dare you post actual facts about Greenland's glaciers!

[jmyrlefuller]

Greenland shedding ice in the springtime. How shocking.

[Cyber Liberty]

I'd like to meet the guy CNN found with a scale.

[Wingnut]

I'd like to meet the guy CNN found with a scale.

I'm betting Don Lemon could snifff him out.