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New Research Confirms Greenland Ice Sheet Suffered Record Melt in 2019

HeadlineApr 16, 2020

In climate news, a new study confirms a record amount of Greenland’s ice sheet melted in the summer of 2019. The study says the dramatic loss of ice was due to atmospheric circulation patterns that hadn’t been taken into account by previous climate models and that may be significantly underestimating future melting.

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