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Ice Sheet Analysis
Warm air from Europe's heat wave reached Greenland on July 29 and 30, setting temperature records at Summit Station and melting about 90 percent of the ice sheet surface from July 30 to August 3. Melt runoff was estimated at 55 billion tons during the interval.
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NSIDC research scientist Twila Moon testified today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Ice Sheet Analysis
Between June 11 and 20, an extensive area of the Greenland Ice Sheet surface melted. At its peak on June 12, thawing climbed from the western and eastern coasts to elevations above 3,000 meters (9,800 feet).
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Tasha Snow joined a two-month scientific expedition to one of the most unstable glaciers in the world: Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. She describes her experience here.
Ice Sheet Analysis
Surface melting on the Northern Hemisphere’s largest mass of ice began during the second week of April, with several significant melting episodes at the end of the month and into early May.