Horrible year: Arctic facing record ice loss in June

COPENHAGEN - Scientists said 2019 could be another horrible year for the Arctic with record temperatures already registered in Greenland - a giant melting icicle that threatens to submerge the world's coastal areas one day.

"It's possible that we could break the records set in 2012 for both lowest Arctic sea ice extent ... and for a record-high Greenland ice sheet melt," warned Ruth Mottram, a climatologist at the Danish Meteorological Institute.

"It is very much dependent on weather conditions this year."