Usually in mid-August, Greenland's surface mass balance (SMB) LOSES 4 gigatons of snow and ice per day. However, not yesterday - August 10, 2020, the ice sheet INCREASED a record 4 gigatons of snow and ice. Global warming are you talking about? Rather, a global cooling awaits us …
Until this year, Greenland's ice sheet had never increased - up to 4 gigatons in any month of June, July or August, according to DMI records (which have been running since 1981). In addition, the DMI record books also show that the 4 gigaton figure recorded on August 10 beat the previous mid-August record by more than 2 full gigatons.
Here are the latest measurements (Aug 10, 2020):
Critical to the survival of a glacier is its surface mass balance (SMB) - the difference between accumulation and ablation (sublimation and melting). Changes in the SMB control the long-term behavior of the glacier and are its most sensitive climate indicators.
SMB Greenland reached a truly historic level for the season yesterday:
These astounding advances complement those of the past few years.
In Greenland, the situation has changed.
And this GROWTH trend HAS BEEN INCREASED in 2020 - that's BIG news.
Likewise, the GLACIER PERIODS begin.
COLD TIME returns, lower latitudes freeze again in line with historically low solar activity, record cosmic rays and meridional jet stream.
Even NASA agrees, at least in part, with their forecast for the coming solar cycle (25), seeing it as "the weakest in the last 200 years" which portends long periods of global cooling of the planet.
