Rain falls at normally snowy Greenland summit for first time on record
For the first time on record, precipitation at the summit of Greenland — roughly two miles above sea level — fell as rain and not snow.
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For the first time on record, precipitation at the summit of Greenland — roughly two miles above sea level — fell as rain and not snow.
For the first time on record, precipitation on Saturday at the summit of Greenland — roughly two miles above sea level — fell as rain and not snow.
Earlier, a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released in August concluded that the burning of fossil fuels had resulted in Greenland...
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