11 Billion Tons Of Ice Melted In Greenland In 12 Hours

As the world continues to debate whether climate change is real or unreal, realistic or unrealistic, scientific or rhetoric, Mother Nature’s fury seems to be rising by day.

During the month of July, Europe experienced the “most dangerous heatwave” in history hitting 100 degrees Fahrenheit in London and 109 degrees Fahrenheit in Paris.

On Wednesday this week, 11 billion tons of ice from Greenland melted in just under 12 hours, making it the largest melt in years.

In July, temperatures in both the Antarctic and Greenland hit a record high of 82 degrees Fahrenheit with scientists saying the world should be prepared for the worst.

In July alone, it is estimated that 197 billion tons of ice from Greenland melted into Atlantic Ocean. The melt was 36 percent more that what scientists would expect in a year.

82 percent of Greenland is covered in ice. Greenland is home to second largest ice in the world after Antarctic.

Both Greenland and Antarctic hold enough frozen water to raise the world mean sea level by 65 percent if they all melted at once.

The recent melting is expected to have effects around the world especially to those countries next to oceans such as Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean.

The World Should Be Worried

Climate change is real and global warming is already here.

The layer that often protects the earth against harmful rays from the sun has been “ruptured” due to continuous emission of chemicals into the atmosphere.

In the near future, the whole world is likely to experience extremely high temperatures (especially Europe), droughts and widespread desserts (especially in Africa), floods along coastal regions and drop to absence of rainfall.

Scientists say the amount of toxic gases into the atmosphere is so high that planting trees alone can no longer save the world.

The world forest cover is at its lowest as population continue to increase, encroaching forest lands for settlement.