97% of Greenland ice sheet melts in July (Canada, England, world)

[ChicagoGolfer]

Originally Posted by stillkit

That's never happened before. Even scientists are unsure of the reason and aren't necessarily attributing it to climate change, but it has happened.




CBBC Newsround - Nearly all of Greenland's ice sheet surface melts

Was there a question or a point that I missed here?

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by ChicagoGolfer

Was there a question or a point that I missed here?

Apparently temperatures never reach above 32°F in Greenland according to the Chicken Littles

[GregW]

The center of the Greenland Ice Cap has not been exposed to air temperatures above 32 deg F. for a very long time. This, if it continues for decades, may have substantial effect on ocean chemistry and overall sea level. This is an interesting detail in our worldwide experiment in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide concentration.

[cruxan]

probably was caused by all the smoke from all the fires this year,, last month they said that a lot of smoke settled over greenland..


or it could be al gore is vacationing in greenland..

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by stillkit

That's never happened before. Even scientists are unsure of the reason and aren't necessarily attributing it to climate change, but it has happened.




CBBC Newsround - Nearly all of Greenland's ice sheet surface melts

Not quite. This article mentions that it appears to happen about every 150 years.

[summers73]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Not quite. This article mentions that it appears to happen about every 150 years.

...and of course man-made global warming was rampant then, what with all the horse manure in the streets.

[GregW]

What would have happened if ALL of the Greenland Ice cap melted in June? That would be interesting.

[jambo101]

Well it certainly cant be melting due to global warming as i've been told over and over again by my rightie friends that global warming is just something Al Gore made up and is just some leftie conspiracy theory...

[Mac_Muz]

If the ice sheet on land melted where is the water now? I went sailing last week and high tide was no higher than normal in my area of Portsmouth NH, where tides run pretty well.

Something is wrong with this report. I don't buy that there is 1% ice left on Greenland... If that is true then there is a error in how much water was contained in the ice.

Water isn't molasses slowly making it's way around the earth, it blends in almost instantly taking on salt and becoming salt water due to tidal and wind action. This is not the Black Sea..

[Wendell Phillips]

What will happen if the Gulf Stream collapses due to the change in salinity of the Northern Atlantic caused by the melting ice? What do the scientists say? What are the consequences? Have you done your research? Are you so sure in your beliefs in the face of scientific facts?