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August 1, 2019

SNIPPET:

Serious Melt in Greenland: Greenland is suffering through a massive heat wave that could have devastating impacts on the region's crucial ice sheet.

The heat wave that blanketed Europe last week has moved up to Greenland, causing what scientists say is one of the most severe melting events ever observed.

This summer could see potentially greater impacts on the ice sheet than 2012, when the ice sheet lost 450 million metric tons--more than 14,000 tons per second. Surface melting and low snow levels on the ice sheet may combine to ensure "this is the year Greenland is contributing most to sea level rise," Columbia University's Marco Tedesco told the Washington Post.

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