Shocking video shows melted glacier water gushing under Greenland bridge after more than 12 BILLION tons of ice was lost in ONE DAY due to scorching temperatures
- Melted glacier water gushed under a bridge in Kangerlussiauq in Greenland
- The Greenland ice sheet lost 12 billion tons of ice on Wednesday due to heat
- That would be the equivalent of four million Olympic swimming pools
- This day alone was responsible for global sea levels rising by 0.5mm
- The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest in the world
- By the end of the year it could lose 60 – 70 billion tons of ice experts believe
- July was anticipated to be the hottest month in recorded history
Shocking footage from Greenland shows melted glacier water gushing under a bridge after 12 billions tons of ice was lost in one day.
The grayish-white flood was filmed crashing into the surrounding channels of land and racing under a bridge in Kangerlussiauq on Thursday.
It’s believed that the melted ice is the equivalent of around four million Olympic swimming pools, according to CNN.
It was caused by soaring temperatures across the globe this year, which in July led to more than 197 billion tons of sea ice melting.
Gushing waters flood under a bridge in Greenland (above) after more than 12 billion tons of sea ice melted in 24 hours
The floods of water (above) were revealed from aerial views of the surrounding area shot for the ‘Into The Ice’ Documentary
A NASA satellite image shows melt water in northwest Greenland (above) near the ice sheet’s edge, on Wednesday when 70 billion tons of sea ice was lost from the Greenland ice sheet alone
Typically the melt season begins at the end of May and lasts until the end of August, this year it started in early May and could on for longer.
Data from temperatures in July is still being analysed but could be have been the hottest in history, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Programme.
The previous record high in July 2016.
The Greenland ice sheet, which is the second largest in the world, could lose around 60 to 70 billion tons of ice by the end of the year.
This season’s melt in Greenland has already contributed to around a half millimeter rise in global sea levels.
Similar footage of the water filmed by Laurie Gibbett had been watched over 3.73 million times and retweeted by more than 53,800 accounts as of Friday.
Gibbet, of the Council on Foreign Relations, described the scenes she witnessed on Thursday as a ‘roaring glacial melt.’
Ice floats jammed into the Ilulissat Icefjord (above) during unseasonably warm weather on July 30 near Greenland
Rink Glacier in western Greenland (above), early into the melting season, where a melt water lake can be seen rushing through the surrounding land
NASA reveals the difference in global temperature between 1884 and 2018 – here is a display of 1884’s temperature (above)
NASA reveals the difference in global temperature between 1884 and 2018 – here the shockingly hotter temperatures seen in 2018 (above)
Responding to the video, Emerald Zoo LLC wrote: ‘When we desalinate the ocean enough, we will trigger irreversible events.’
Thomas Weiss commented: ‘Time, like water, is essential to live. The human race is running out of time.’
Danny V added: ‘Don’t people see it. I am in my forties and the weather has changed a ton. I just can’t understand, i mean you can see it.’
One user wrote: ‘This is not a positive result. Freshwater dumping into the ocean at this rate is a disaster, it dramatically affects weather patterns and sea life.
‘Cheering for short term money making ventures while ignoring the consequences is incredibly short-sighted.’