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Originally posted by Bob H:
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Temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s are still doing a number on Greenland’s ice sheet.



It appears that Greenland’s melt season is making up for lost time.

After a cool spring kept Greenland’s massive ice sheet mostly solid, a (comparatively) warm late June and early July have turned half the ice sheet’s surface into liquid, well outside the range of normal for this time of year.

Despite the ice sheet’s remote location, its slushy fingers reach across the globe, influencing sea levels and how fast the Gulf Stream current moves. As temperatures rise, its influence could grow larger as major summer melt events become regular occurrence. Recent warming has already contributed to ice loss in some areas previously thought to be stable and sped the trip of some glaciers into the sea.

Persistent high pressure has been camping over Greenland since mid-June. More recently, the weather pattern driving the European heat wave, dubbed an atmospheric shruggie — ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — by Mashable’s Andrew Freedman (and an omega block by stodgy, old weather watchers), is also responsible for continuing to help keep Greenland warmer than normal.

Daily surface mass balance estimates of the Greenland ice sheet. Red indicates losses.
Credit: Polar Portal

The high temperatures in Europe have been more eye-popping, clearing 100°F from Spain to the Netherlands and setting an all-time July temperature record at London’s Heathrow Airport. But temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s are still doing a number on Greenland’s ice sheet. Estimates from the National Snow and Ice Data Center indicate that roughly half the ice sheet’s surface is melting, well above the average of around 25 percent for this time of year.

In addition to warmer than normal temperatures, Greenland’s ice sheet has been getting steadily darker. This year currently ranks as the third-darkest on record for early July.

The darker the ice sheet is, the more incoming radiation from the sun is absorbed and the more it can melt. Water is darker than snow, but dust as well as soot from wildfires can also be swept up from far off locales and deposited on the ice sheet. It’s unclear if the wildfires currently raging in Alaska and Canada are having an impact.

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Originally posted by ET2278:
Im still waiting on previous predictions to come to fruition. Until Just one of the original predictions comes to light I dont want to add to the mess by listening to new bull****.

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Originally posted by Bob H:
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Temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s are still doing a number on Greenland’s ice sheet.



It appears that Greenland’s melt season is making up for lost time.

After a cool spring kept Greenland’s massive ice sheet mostly solid, a (comparatively) warm late June and early July have turned half the ice sheet’s surface into liquid, well outside the range of normal for this time of year.

Despite the ice sheet’s remote location, its slushy fingers reach across the globe, influencing sea levels and how fast the Gulf Stream current moves. As temperatures rise, its influence could grow larger as major summer melt events become regular occurrence. Recent warming has already contributed to ice loss in some areas previously thought to be stable and sped the trip of some glaciers into the sea.

Persistent high pressure has been camping over Greenland since mid-June. More recently, the weather pattern driving the European heat wave, dubbed an atmospheric shruggie — ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — by Mashable’s Andrew Freedman (and an omega block by stodgy, old weather watchers), is also responsible for continuing to help keep Greenland warmer than normal.

Daily surface mass balance estimates of the Greenland ice sheet. Red indicates losses.
Credit: Polar Portal

The high temperatures in Europe have been more eye-popping, clearing 100°F from Spain to the Netherlands and setting an all-time July temperature record at London’s Heathrow Airport. But temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s are still doing a number on Greenland’s ice sheet. Estimates from the National Snow and Ice Data Center indicate that roughly half the ice sheet’s surface is melting, well above the average of around 25 percent for this time of year.

In addition to warmer than normal temperatures, Greenland’s ice sheet has been getting steadily darker. This year currently ranks as the third-darkest on record for early July.

The darker the ice sheet is, the more incoming radiation from the sun is absorbed and the more it can melt. Water is darker than snow, but dust as well as soot from wildfires can also be swept up from far off locales and deposited on the ice sheet. It’s unclear if the wildfires currently raging in Alaska and Canada are having an impact.

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....they keep taking what the HOAXERS spout as Gospel even though none of the HOAXERS prognostications have ever come true!!!!!

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Originally posted by Bill Koski:
The HOAXEES fall into the category of, "keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results is the HEIGHT of stupidity" as they keep taking what the HOAXERS spout as Gospel even though none of the HOAXERS prognostications have ever come true!!!!!

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Originally posted by Bill Koski:
Sounds like a dyed in the wool "HOAXEE" to me!
How many of the HOAXERS, even alledgedly educated meteorologists not simply whacked out clueless brain-dead boobs like algore, have made outrageous claims that have had no bearing to reality?????
You're ready to believe the next trumped up bull shyt prognostication??????????????????????????????

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Originally posted by J178RED:
I've been hearing about this since the 70's , there is something going on. If its man made in the coming years , well the grand kids will have one more thing to fix ! LOL

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Using provable facts show me where one prediction from the 70"s came true

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I've been hearing about this since the 70's , there is something going on.

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Originally posted by Bill Koski:
There is something going on, without a shadow of a doubt!!!!!
IT IS THE NATURAL WEATHER EVOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!!!!!
The fact that the HOAXERS do their utmost to make the population believe it is unnatural with their manipulation and manufacturing of bull shyt data is criminal!
Fortunately more and more people are seeing the LIGHT!!!!!

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Originally posted by Bill Koski:
There is something going on, without a shadow of a doubt!!!!!
IT IS THE NATURAL WEATHER EVOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!!!!!

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Originally posted by J178RED:

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Originally posted by Bill Koski:
There is something going on, without a shadow of a doubt!!!!!
IT IS THE NATURAL WEATHER EVOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!!!!!

WOW ! I wonder what Mother Nature Has in Store for us next......