New Study: Greenland Cooled by -0.11°C From 2000-2019 – Including All Ice Free and Ice-Covered Areas

From NoTrickZone

By Kenneth Richard

Any 21st century ice melt across Greenland cannot be due to an accelerated warming trend, as the island as a whole has been cooling since the 1990s.

New research analyzes two decades of Greenland land surface temperature (LST) data. Contrary to the popular narrative of a significant warming trend, Greenland has instead cooled from 2000-2019 at a rate of -0.055°C per decade.

Southern Greenland also cooled from 1958-2001, suggesting the region has been cooling for over 60 years.

Any recent ice melt in Greenland thus cannot be due to surface warming, as LSTs have undergone a cooling trend in both ice free and ice-covered areas.

Image Source: Pongsiri et al., 2024


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