Wildfires Hit Greenland After Record Temperatures
This satellite photograph depicts the wildfire raging in Greenland, as seen from space last week. - NASA Earth Observatory
phys.org - August 14, 2017
Police in Greenland warned people to stay away from western areas of the island as wildfires scorched swathes of scrubland . . .
. . . Denmark's meteorological service BMI said the island registered its hottest-ever temperature of 24.8 degrees (77 Fahrenheit) on August 10.
Last year was Greenland's hottest on record.
The Danish territory has lost about 4,000 gigatons of ice since 1995, British researchers said in June, making ice melt on the huge island the biggest single contributor to rising sea levels.
PHOTOS: A 'Massive' Wildfire Is Now Blazing In Greenland
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/08/542305822/photos-a-massive-wildfire-is-now-blazing-in-greenland
NASA - Wildfire Burns in Icy Greenland
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/wildfire-burns-in-icy-greenland
NASA - Fire and Ice in Greenland
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90709
