“Red flag”: it rained in an area of ​​Greenland where no rain was recorded and raised concern among scientists

The rains for the first time in a location where there was no recording that it had happened before, alarms were triggered for the consequences of the climate change. The precipitation was at the top of the ice cap of Greenland, last August 14.

It was detected by scientists at the US National Science Foundation station, located at a peak of 3,126 meters where temperatures are normally below 0 degrees.

Rain fell on the island for three days exceptionally warm, with temperatures in some areas above 18 degrees above average. Ice melt has been observed over most of the country, in an area about four times the size of the UK. It is estimated that 7,000 tons of water fell across Greenland.

According to the records of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in the United States, there was rain “For several hours”, something there was no trace of. The report stated that “the air temperature has remained Above from the freezing point for about nine hours ”.

The increase in temperature generates snowmelt and exposes the serious consequences that are produced by the effect of global warming. According to BBC, specialists warn against the impact of this type of phenomenon.

Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory glaciologist Indrani Das explained: not a healthy sign for a layer of ice ”. Speaking to Reuters, he said: “The water on the ice is bad… It makes the ice sheet more likely to melt to the surface.”

According to the NSIDC report, the melting affected 872,000 square kilometers: “Only 2012 and 2021 saw more than an 800,000 square kilometer melting event.”

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet has generated around 25% of the world’s sea level rise in recent decades, scientists predict. This proportion is expected to increase as global temperatures rise.

Drops were seen on the windows of the station, surprising the employees who worked there. Alicia Bradley of the National Science Foundation took photos at the site that recorded the phenomenon.

NSIDC scientist Twila Moon called the rain fall on the summit of Greenland “alarming” and explained that “it is not an isolated event”. He sees it as a “red flag” with the increase in floods, fires and other disasters that demonstrate the need for reduce gas emissions Greenhouse effect.