Wednesday, May 06, 2026

Greenland Ice Melt Has Surged and Scientists Are Alarmed

Greenland's ice sheet is now melting in ways never seen before, with extreme events becoming more frequent, widespread, and intense.

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Researchers will also trial a prototype 'Early Warning System' for glacier change in Greenland, as ice melt continues to accelerate.

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-- Euronews (@euronews.com) Mar 15, 2026 at 2:50 AM

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... Climate change is dramatically reshaping how Greenland's ice sheet melts, according to a new study led by the University of Barcelona and published in Nature Communications. Researchers found that extreme melting events are now happening more often, covering larger areas, and producing significantly more meltwater than in the past.

Since 1990, the surface area affected by these extreme events has been expanding by about 2.8 million km2 per decade. At the same time, the amount of water released from melting ice has surged. Between 1950 and 2023, extreme melt events produced an average of 12.7 gigatons of water per decade. Since 1990, that figure has jumped to 82.4 gigatons per decade, marking a sixfold increase.

Record-Breaking Melt Events Are Becoming More Common

Most of the most intense melting episodes have occurred in recent decades. Seven of the ten most extreme events on record have taken place since 2000, including major events in August 2012, July 2019, and July 2021. These events stand out because they have no comparable dynamic precedents, highlighting how unusual current conditions have become. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 06:44 PM

Directly connected to this:

New Orleans and southern Louisiana mere memories by seventy-five years,

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-05 07:44 PM

@#2

How far inland does one have to go in Florida to get a couple feet above sea level?


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 07:51 PM

@#3

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Rising waters: a practical look at Miami's future (2025)
www.theinvadingsea.com

... As the director of Social and Sustainable Enterprises at Florida State University, I've spent years examining the growing risks of rising sea levels in South Florida. Working alongside graduate research students, we've analyzed data from coastal monitoring stations and economic reports, revealing patterns that demand immediate attention from policymakers and residents alike.

The water is rising, and we're already feeling it

Let's start with what we can all see with our own eyes. Last year's "king tide" season " those extra-high tides between September and November " flooded Miami Beach and downtown streets, disrupting traffic and businesses. These aren't hurricanes or tropical storms but "sunny-day floods."

The numbers tell a clear story: Florida's water levels have risen 8 inches since 1950, and are now rising as much as 1 inch every three years. Scientists project that sea levels could rise 10 to 17 inches higher by 2040 than they were in 2000. That might not sound like much, but every inch counts in a place as flat as Miami. ...



#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 07:56 PM

Good thing Trump banned windmills!

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-05 08:06 PM

@#5 ... Good thing Trump banned windmills! ...

... and seems to be targeting solar as well.

Pres Trump seems to be focused upon making sure the money flows into Big Oil.


Why?


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 11:22 PM

How far inland does one have to go in Florida to get a couple feet above sea level?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 07:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

People in the Netherlands have lived below sea level for 1000 years.

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 07:49 AM

People in the Netherlands have lived below sea level for 1000 years.

#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg a

They've had a thousand years to adapt to it.

We'll see the spectacle of MAGA descendants shaking their fists and yelling at the rising water.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 08:17 AM

They've had a thousand years to adapt to it.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 08:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

Did the engineering solution they came up with change? Is it possible to do it better and faster with modern technology?

#9 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 08:25 AM

We'll see the spectacle of MAGA descendants shaking their fists and yelling at the rising water.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 08:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

What are the people in the super blue states in the NE doing? Shaking fists, fleeing, or using engineering to mitigate sea level rise?

#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 08:29 AM

What are the people in the super blue states in the NE doing? Shaking fists, fleeing, or using engineering to mitigate sea level rise?

#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg

The prime focus of climate mitigation was going to be remmision of dependence on fossil fuels.

For reasons that seem good to themselves, including simple and mindless spite, the Right is sabotaging that.

So and therefore, as far as I know, almost no one is doing anything directly in response to this slow-moving but implacable monster, sea rise. The exception is the population of southern Louisiana, who are already climate migrants, destroying an entire distinctive American culture in the process.

Some of the people who come here still don't even believe that the sea is rising. A lot of them will have their graves flooded by the Gulf of Mexico.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 08:49 AM

So and therefore, as far as I know

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 08:49 AM | Reply | Flag:

...

#12 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 09:20 AM

12 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

A critique for a bit of modesty?

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 09:29 AM

POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Do you know anything about the cultural/political divisions between the Japanese Army and Navy in World War II? Never knew much before yesterday and it explains so much.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 09:31 AM

Here's a short, non-exhaustive list of states with ongoing sea level rise mitigation projects in the US that include sea walls, living shorelines, etc..

California, Washington, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine.

#15 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 09:31 AM

Half of US politics doesn't believe in sea level rise caused by global warming.

All of US politics believes in massive spending projects to harden against sea level rise and intensifying weather effects caused by global warming.

So at least we've got that going for us.

#16 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 09:32 AM

Do you know anything about the cultural/political divisions between the Japanese Army and Navy in World War II? Never knew much before yesterday and it explains so much.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 09:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

Extreme inter-service rivalry. That disorganization was a blessing for the rest of the world, especially China.

#17 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-05-06 09:34 AM

17 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Do you know the the color of the flame the Japanese Type 97 hand grenade emitted before it exploded?

It's just where my mind is this morning.

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 09:42 AM

Dozens of North Carolina houses have been lost to the sea. Some surviving homes are now being moved on wheels
Homeowners rush to save their homes from coastal erosion

Pace of sea-level rise has turned Outer Banks coastal area into a canary in the coalmine' for other east coast communities

www.theguardian.com

#19 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-06 11:21 AM

New Orleans and southern Louisiana mere memories by seventy-five years,

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-05 07:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

New Orleans is below sea level. The only thing keeping the water out is the levy system.

#20 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-06 11:40 AM

New Orleans is below sea level. The only thing keeping the water out is the levy system.

#20 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

New Orleans has not always been below sea level. When it was founded in 1718, the city was built on high ground.

Now will you be honest enough with yourself to ask yourself the obvious question?

How did the frack did that happen?

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-06 12:59 PM

Ancient Greenland was green. New Danish research has shown that it was covered in conifer forest and had a relatively mild climate.

#22 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-06 01:28 PM

Now will you be honest enough with yourself to ask yourself the obvious question?

How did the frack did that happen?

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-06 12:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

The oldest part of the city lies on the bank of the Mississippi and that happens to be the highest parts, due to the silt being built up over eons of river flooding. The city began to spread out, swamps were pushed back and levy systems were build to protect the city.

#23 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-06 01:35 PM

How did the frack did that happen?

#21 | Posted by donnerboy

Because the city expanded by draining and developing cheap Mississippi flood plain land?

They're still doing it.

#24 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-06 02:40 PM

Yawn. The elites have chosen data centers and AI over climate change.

#25 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-05-06 04:46 PM

"Eighty international scientific societies have endorsed the concept of a primarily human-caused climate crisis that is already starting to threaten the health and well-being of millions, and soon to be billions, of people in the next few decades. The total number of scientific organizations that dispute this is zero. If you were watching a basketball game where the score was 80 to 0, with one minute left in the fourth quarter, and you decided to bet your entire nest egg on that losing team, no one would argue that you were not severely delusional. ... Inability to discern reality is the hallmark of schizophrenia."

Dr Brian Moench

#26 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-05-06 06:31 PM

Climate Change is Hoax invented by Dem Crisis Actors!

The Libs are trying to Devalue Trump's Greenland before he annexes them.

- DR Trumpers

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-06 07:14 PM

Because the city expanded by draining and developing cheap Mississippi flood plain land?

They're still doing it.

#24 | POSTED BY JPW

Yup. Humans did that. The city used to be high and dry.

They sucked all the water out of the aquifer.

And yes they are still doing it.

Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are sinking (subsiding) by up to 2 inches (roughly (50text{ mm})) per year, according to a 2025 satellite analysis. While subsidence rates vary across the city"with many areas remaining stable or settling less"high-risk spots including critical levees and infrastructure are sinking rapidly.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-07 10:24 AM

#28 | Posted by donnerboy

The Spaniards drained Lake Texcoco (where modern day Mexico City is) and a sister lake to the north.

Mexico City is sinking by 1' a year and experiencing acute water shortages:

Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, is now in full operation, tracking changes in Earth's surface to a precision within a centimeter.

www.space.com


The Water Was Drained

https://brooklynrail.org/2018/01/river-rail/The-Water-Was-Drained/

#29 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-07 11:57 AM

Good ole Army Corps of Engineers.

If they can't straighten it, ---- it, and dam it, they pump the land into subsidence.

All while killing as many critters as they can.

#30 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-05-07 12:27 PM

We could learn a few things from the Dutch, as I'm sure many places have.

But the Netherlands has around 300 miles of coastline. We have almost 100k.

We can only save a very small fraction of our coasts from inundation. Just the major cities, and possibly only some of them.

Nola is ------, tho, sorry to say. When they are forced to move and rebuild, do they call it New New Orleans?

#31 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-05-07 12:34 PM

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