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04-13-2016, 11:45 PM
Heat wave in Greenland triggers record early start to ice melt season
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It may be a cold start to spring in the Midwest and eastern U.S., but in Greenland, more than 2,000 miles to the **rth, it's been positively balmy lately.*
On Monday, when Boston had a high temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, Kangerlussaq, Greenland, which serves as an important logistical hub for scientific research throughout the island, saw a record high temperature of 17.8 degrees Celsius, or 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit.*
SEE ALSO: Study: Melting Greenland ice sheet is rapidly slowing the Gulf Stream (http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/gulf-stream-slowdown-study-tipping-point/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
This was the warmest April temperature on record at that location, and it nearly set an all-time warm temperature record for Greenland as a whole, which is the world's largest island. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/greenland-record-early-melt/)
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It may be a cold start to spring in the Midwest and eastern U.S., but in Greenland, more than 2,000 miles to the **rth, it's been positively balmy lately.*
On Monday, when Boston had a high temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, Kangerlussaq, Greenland, which serves as an important logistical hub for scientific research throughout the island, saw a record high temperature of 17.8 degrees Celsius, or 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit.*
SEE ALSO: Study: Melting Greenland ice sheet is rapidly slowing the Gulf Stream (http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/gulf-stream-slowdown-study-tipping-point/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
This was the warmest April temperature on record at that location, and it nearly set an all-time warm temperature record for Greenland as a whole, which is the world's largest island. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/greenland-record-early-melt/)
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