Europe's record heatwave threatens Greenland ice sheet

Updated: 2019-07-31 10:33
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A visitor snaps a selfie while standing near free-floating ice jammed into the Ilulissat Icefjord during unseasonably warm weather near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 30, 2019. [Photo/VCG]

"According to forecasts, and this is of concern, the atmospheric flow is now going to transport that heat towards Greenland," she told a regular UN briefing in Geneva.

"This will result in high temperatures and consequently enhanced melting of the Greenland ice sheet," she said. "We don't know yet whether it will beat the 2012 level, but it's close."

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