OuiSi Nature card 62: Greenland Summer Meltwater. Photograph by Daniel Beltrá The whole photograph behind card 62: Greenland Summer Meltwater. Photograph by Daniel Beltrá

OuiSi Nature · Card 62

Greenland Summer Meltwater

Location
Sermeq Kujalleq, or Jakobshavn Glacier, about 60km east of Ilulissat, Greenland
Date
August 24, 2014
Photograph byDaniel Beltrá

Description

The Danish Meteorological Institute estimated that the 2014 summer melt season of Greenlandic ice was responsible for a 1.2mm rise in sea levels around the world.

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Photographer/artist documenting man's impact on the planet.

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OuiSi Nature card 62: Greenland Summer Meltwater. Photograph by Daniel Beltrá The whole photograph behind card 62: Greenland Summer Meltwater. Photograph by Daniel Beltrá

Greenland Summer Meltwater

Photograph by Daniel Beltrá