Is Greenland melting two billion tons of ice in just one day?

New York, September 22, 2021, Wednesday

Geographically, North America and Greenland, which are politically connected to Europe, are melting two billion tons of ice in a single day. Scientists fear that if Greenland's ice continues to melt, sea levels could rise. The natural cycle of ice freezing and melting is being disrupted by rising temperatures. Greenland is the largest glacial area on Earth after Antarctica. Its ice sheet extends 200 km to the north and south. The average height of the ice is 215 meters while the maximum height is 2000 meters. The first fortnight of June 2016 saw temperatures of 16 to 18 degrees in northern Greenland. In 2016, the temperature in one place reached 4 degrees Celsius, which was much higher than the average temperature of the last 20 years.

Earlier, a photo taken by Stephen Ols, a scientist at the Meteorological Institute, in Greenland on June 12, 2016, went viral. The photo showed a one-and-a-half meter snow at a time and a wolf dog pulling a sled into a lake that has now turned into water. Melting ice sheets are forming springs on the elevated part. Rising temperatures are causing frustration as people in areas with an Arctic climate are accustomed to living in zero degrees. Many people lose their lives by failing to understand the thickness of the ice sheet. The survival of animals such as polar bears and wolf dogs is also threatened. Permofost means that the roofs of the houses in the areas covered with permanent snow have started appearing with less snow. In some parts of the North Arctic, snow is causing houses to collapse and cracks in the walls. Greenland is the 12th largest region in the world. There are only 2,000 people living in Greenland, which is as large as 10 England. With an area of ​​more than 21 lakh sq km, Greenland has been an autonomous country for 13 years but is still under Danish rule. If the glaciers and glaciers of Greenland melt completely, it would form 250,000 cubic km of water, which would raise the surface of the world's oceans to 2.5 meters.