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The East Greenland Current (EGC) is a cold, ... The temperatures are normally above 0 °C and have a salinity of 34 psu at 150 meters and it increases to about 35 psu ...
Conversely, summer temperatures are very low, with an average high around 10 °C (50 °F). [1] This is too low to sustain trees, and the land is treeless tundra. On the Greenland ice sheet, the temperature is far below freezing throughout the year, [3] and record high temperatures
Greenland Ice Sheet. Climate change in Greenland is affecting the livelihood of the Greenlandic population. Geographically Greenland is situated between the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean, with two thirds of the island being north of the Arctic Circle. [1] Since the middle of the 20th century, the Arctic has been warming at about twice the ...
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The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere was recorded in Greenland, near the topographic summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet, on 22 December 1991, when the temperature reached −69.6 °C (−93.3 °F). [97]
Current projections for the Greenland ice sheet may “underestimate the worst-case mass loss” scenarios, the study said. Eventually, global sea levels could rise by 1.3 meters, or more than ...
Between 2000 and 2020, a “widespread increase” in the rate of basal melting closely followed a rise in ocean temperature, the study found. The scientists noted a direct impact on glaciers.
Scientists estimate that should the current rate of climate change continue, Greenland's ice sheet, which contains 630,000 cubic miles (2,600,000 km 3) of ice, could melt and cause global sea level to rise by 23 ft (7.0 m). Some climate experts have estimated that Greenland could be losing 80 cubic miles (330 km 3) of ice each year. [11]