This month of September broke records for temperatures on the surface of the globe, it was the fourth hottest month of September in the history of the world.

In Greenland, temperatures “reached in places more than 8°C higher than the monthly average”, according to calculations by the European Copernicus Earth observation program relayed by

Le Parisien

.

“September saw below average temperatures in Europe but Greenland was exceptionally warm”;

comments Freja Vamborg, climate change specialist at Copernicus.

Excessive temperatures have panicked the thermometer in a large part of the island.

This is the hottest September on record, which dates back to 1979. As the island is mostly covered in ice, this heat affects the sea ice.

Its melting is accelerated.


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According to @CopernicusECMWF, in September 2022 #Greenland has seen the warmest temperatures 🌡️ on record for the month



The Air T°♨️ anomaly reached more than 8°C above the monthly average in some parts of the island 🇬🇱



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The level of the ice is decreasing month by month

“The daily Arctic sea ice extent reached its ninth lowest annual minimum around the middle of the month,” Copernicus points out.

This conditions the phenomenon of arctic amplification.

Pack ice and snow that reflect the heat of the sun melt into the seawater. This then absorbs more solar radiation.

As a result, the water heats up.

A phenomenon that is harmful to wildlife, such as polar bears feeding on the ice floe.

The disruption is underway and the rise of the oceans is inevitable according to researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).

“Even if the whole world stopped burning fossil fuels today, the Greenland Ice Sheet would still lose about 110 trillion tonnes of ice, causing an average sea level rise of at least 27cm,” they point out. study published at the end of August.

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