June 26, 2023
BREAKING NEWS – GREENLAND HEATWAVE FORECASTS EXTENSIVE SURFACE MELT
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BREAKING NEWS – Greenland heatwave bringing uncommon melt conditions across the northern ice sheet – very high temperatures in Greenland (anomalies of ~+10°C) means we are expecting the 1st peak of huge surface melt of the Greenland ice sheet on 27 June 2023.
This alert was identified through our Pan Arctic Alert System and refined by Professor Jason Box, Arctic Basecamp Science Advisor.
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