Heat wave in Greenland triggers record early start to ice melt season
 

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


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...


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