© Adobe StockAs the heat wave that struck the southeastern United States made its way up to Greenland, the ice-covered island recorded over 2 billion tons of ice melt in just one day. This average melt season has been expanded lately as melt days occur earlier in the year and large melt events are more regular. On June 13th melting exceeded 2 gigatons (4 trillion pounds), which is very unusual for this early in the summer. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme / https://www.amap.noAs Greenland ice continues to melt it perpetuates a positive feedback loop. This all points to likely another record melting season in Greenland and with it higher sea levels.

Source: Forbes June 18, 2019 13:52 UTC