Greenland warning. The extreme heat wave of the last few days is causing a serious acceleration in the melting of the ice. According to data released by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a US institute specializing in polar and cryospheric research, only between 15 and 17 July the glaciers present in the northwestern area of the island – part of the Kingdom of Denmark – lost 6 billion tons of water every day. That’s enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools or cover the entire state of West Virginia with more than 30 centimeters of water.
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