rain fell at greenland summit for the first time this year, and according to a new report, it could be a sign of things to come. the study predicts the arctic will experience more rain than snow sometime between 2060 and 2070 due to global warming. researchers say the rise in rainfall has the potential to destabilize greenland s ice sheet and trigger a global rise in sea levels. meteorologist pedram javaheri has more. pedram. yes, good morning, rosemary. this particular study from the university of manitoba in winnipeg, some of the data revealed here going back to the 1990s, the earth has lost 28 trillion tons of ice, a lot of this happening across the arctic in the greenland region. as we noted here, when you take a look at what just occurred in august, that alone was pretty impressive. on the 14th of that month above the elevation of 3200 meters at the greenland summit which is
most vulnerable and we acknowledged that this was a planetary problem that this was a planetary problem that no country could go alone. yet since paris, it has rained for the first time on greenland summit. the amount of c02 in the atmosphere has reached record levels. heat waves have scorched countries around the world. droughts, storms, forest fires and floods have all become more intense, more recurrent and more intense, more recurrent and more commonplace. and sea levels are rising threatening small island states and bigger countries alike. we have the science and resources and the urgency, what then is holding us back? my dearfriends, only one variable remains and it is us. we have to make the choice to address this. we have to choose but
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Nasse Premiere: Zum ersten Mal war es in Grönland so warm, dass selbst auf dem höchsten, zentralen Punkt des Eisschilds Regen fiel. Am 14. und 15. August