Huge change in a few days: climate researchers are sounding the alarm because of these images

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There are only four days between the two satellite images of the European Earth observation program Copernicus. But the difference is significant. The images show Nares Land, an island in northern Greenland. Between the first image taken on June 29 and the second image taken on July 3, all of the island’s snow melted away — suddenly revealing the brown landmass.

“The air temperature, which is about ten degrees Celsius above the average for this period, has caused the entire snowpack of the island to melt in just four days, exposing the underlying ice cap,” Copernicus writes of the photos. The photos show that climate change is progressing. It’s getting hotter on Earth.

Heat record broken two days in a row

According to American meteorologists, Monday and Tuesday of last week were the warmest days in the world since weather records began. On July 4, an average temperature of 17.18 degrees Celsius was measured, the US Oceanography and Weather Administration NOAA reports Wednesday. On July 3, the global average temperature was 17.01 degrees. The previous record of 16.92 degrees set on July 24, 2022 was exceeded on two consecutive days.

The new record could also be broken again soon as midsummer begins in the northern hemisphere. Global average temperatures usually continue to rise until late July or early August. The global average temperature fluctuates between twelve and 17 degrees during the year and averaged 16.2 degrees at the beginning of July in the years 1979 to 2000.

Source: Blick