A chilling video that shows the effects of a 12 billion tonne glacier melt has been making waves online.
The footage shows a roaring river of glacial melt in the town of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland where the temperature has recently risen to 22 degrees.
Danish officials said that the 12 billion tonnes of ice melted in one 24 hour period.
Journalist Laurie Garrett shared the shocking footage to her Twitter account this week.
"This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today and Danish officials say 12 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours, yesterday," she wrote.
https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1157015875276464129?s=20
US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared the video to her own Twitter page, saying: "This is what sea level rise looks like."
"Those who argue that a #GreenNewDeal is too ambitious don’t see that glacial melt isn’t waiting - in fact, it’s happening at a much faster rate than predicted. "We don’t have time to argue. We need to act - on a massive scale."
This event marks the biggest glacial melt of the summer.
197 billion tonnes of ice melted last month overall - over 100 million more than expected.
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