Greenland temperatures surge up to 50 degrees above normal, setting records

Temperatures soared to record levels in Greenland early this week, in some places up to 50 degrees above normal. Researchers say this early warm spell could make its ice sheet more vulnerable to melt events this summer. Recent summers have seen record-setting melting on the massive ice sheet, which is world’s largest contributor to rising sea levels, outpacing the Antarctic ice sheet and mountain glaciers. This latest Greenland warm spell pushed the temperature in Nuuk, its capital sitting on the southwest coast of the island, up to 59.4 degrees (15.2...