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Greenland ice sheet loses 12 billion tons of water in one day amid historic heat(1/5)

2019-08-05 09:14:30 Ecns.cn Editor :Yao Lan
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After Greenland spent a good portion of July on fire, last week’s heatwave similarly scorched the country’s ice sheet, triggering a meltdown affecting roughly 60 percent of its surface. On August 1 alone, new data shows the ice shelf lost 12 billion tons to surface melting, its largest single-day loss in recorded history.(Photo/IC)

After Greenland spent a good portion of July on fire, last week’s heatwave similarly scorched the country’s ice sheet, triggering a meltdown affecting roughly 60 percent of its surface. On August 1 alone, new data shows the ice shelf lost 12 billion tons to surface melting, its largest single-day loss in recorded history.(Photo/Agencies)

After Greenland spent a good portion of July on fire, last week’s heatwave similarly scorched the country’s ice sheet, triggering a meltdown affecting roughly 60 percent of its surface. On August 1 alone, new data shows the ice shelf lost 12 billion tons to surface melting, its largest single-day loss in recorded history.(Photo/Agencies)

After Greenland spent a good portion of July on fire, last week’s heatwave similarly scorched the country’s ice sheet, triggering a meltdown affecting roughly 60 percent of its surface. On August 1 alone, new data shows the ice shelf lost 12 billion tons to surface melting, its largest single-day loss in recorded history.(Photo/Agencies)

After Greenland spent a good portion of July on fire, last week’s heatwave similarly scorched the country’s ice sheet, triggering a meltdown affecting roughly 60 percent of its surface. On August 1 alone, new data shows the ice shelf lost 12 billion tons to surface melting, its largest single-day loss in recorded history.(Photo/Agencies)

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