Ruth MottramExtremely high melt rates across the #Greenland ice sheet as visualised on @polarportal also illustrate #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome for #Glaciologists.
Even 10 years ago this would have been almost unprecedented, and 20 years ago virtually unthinkable.
Now it's just what happens in Greenland in July...
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Attached: 3 images *extremely* high melt event ongoing in #Greenland right now. It's the peak of the melt season in July but even so this is a lot. Given the late heavy snowfalls this spring the total ice budget is still pretty average but in western Greenland the melt is burning through it fast... http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/