Europe's record heatwave threatens Greenland ice sheet

Updated: 2019-07-31 10:33
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Inuit fishermen prepare a net as free-floating ice drifts in the still water behind at the mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord during unseasonably warm weather near Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 30, 2019. [Photo/VCG]

"What we saw with this one was that temperature records weren't just broken, they were smashed."

She cited a study by the Britain's Met Office which found that by 2050, record-breaking heatwaves would happen every other year.

Reuters

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