Copenhagen.
In addition to 3,000 meters above sea level in the glacial cap of Greenland sand recorded rain in mid-August, a very uncommon phenomenon, the Danish meteorological institute DMI said on Monday.
was observed rain for several hours on August 14th at the American station Summit, located at the top of the glacial cap, reported the Snow and Ice Data Center of United States (NSIDC).
“Rain can only fall if the temperature is above or slightly below 0 ºC. So this is an extreme situation, because it may be that has never happened before “, Martin Stendel, a DMI researcher, told AFP.
“It ‘s likely to be one global warming signal“, He said.
Temperatures were just above 0 ° C, meaning the snow melts and returns to freeze per become ice. This phenomenon has only happened nine times in the last 2,000 years, of which three have taken place in the last ten years (2012, 2019 and 2021), but in 2012 and 2019 it did not rain, the expert revealed.
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“We cannot prove that there is plogut or not on the previous six occasions, but it is very unlikely, which makes them observed rains be even more remarkable, ”the researcher said.
This episode of rain occurs when they were recorded unusual temperatures of more than 20 degrees north of Greenland during the summer which translated into an accelerated pace of thaw of the glacial cap.