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Greenland enters melt mode

Island-wide thaw is one for the record books

By Alexandra Witze

- More than 2 years ago

Greenland’s ice is on the hot seat again.

A massive chunk of ice (center) broke off the Petermann Glacier (lower left) in northwest Greenland on July 16, possibly because of soaring temperatures in the region. NASA

A heat wave, possibly the biggest in a century, washed over the frozen island in mid-July.