Massive melting event in Greenland.
Mid-summer is prime time for melting on Greenland.
A gigaton is 1 billion metric tons.
In total, more than 26 gigatons have melted this week so far.
That would easily be enough to put the Sunshine State under 6 inches of water.
Thesummer of 2019saw what’s considered an extreme melting event for Greenland.
On Aug. 1 of that year, 11 gigatons of ice were lost in a single day.
Before 2019, the previous one was in 2012.
