11 Jun , 14:59
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Greenland's Ice Sheet is Melting at Record Speed — Alarming Data from Climatologists
According to a shocking report by the International Climate Organization World Weather Attribution (WWA), the melting of Greenland's ice sheet has reached unprecedented levels. From May 15 to 21, 2025, the intensity of melting exceeded the seasonal norm by as much as 17 times. The cause of such a dramatic acceleration was the extreme heat that covered the Arctic region in May.
In the Greenlandic town of Illoqqortoormiut, thermometers showed an astounding 14.3°C — 13.5°C above normal for this time of year. Neighboring Iceland was also in the grip of abnormal heat: a record temperature of 26.6°C was recorded there, more than twice the monthly average for the period 1991-2020.
Climate satellite data paints a worrying picture: since the beginning of this century, the rate of ice sheet reduction has increased fourfold. Over the past two decades, Greenland has lost more than 5 trillion tons of ice. Scientists regularly record the breaking off of giant icebergs weighing billions of tons.
Climatologists are sounding the alarm: continued melting at the current rate will lead to a significant rise in the World Ocean level, which will create a serious threat to coastal cities around the world.
The WWA organization, founded in 2014 by scientists from Germany and the Netherlands and operating under the auspices of Imperial College London, directly links these catastrophic processes to global warming caused by human activity.
