Greenland is experiencing unexpected FAST and FURIOUS MELTING, Global Warming is real

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/10/1400882/-Greenland-is-Experiencing-a-Sudden-and-Rapid-Melt-Season-Onset?detail=facebook

Greenland melt extent.
 Credit: NSIDC

Greenland had experienced a cool spring and a higher than average snowfall which has left the ice sheet relatively solid. The reduced melting and fresh snow had led to a whiter ice sheet, then what has been seen recently, reflecting sunlight back into space. In June and especially July, the albedo effect caused by warming temperatures, soot and melt water has turned half the Greenland ice sheet surface to liquid. This is well beyond normal for this time of the year.

Climate Central reports.

Persistent high pressure has been camping over Greenland since mid-June. More recently, the weather pattern driving the European heat wave, dubbed an atmospheric shruggie —  ¯_(ツ)_/¯ — by Mashable’s Andrew Freedman (and an omega block by stodgy, old weather watchers), is also responsible for continuing to help keep Greenland warmer than normal.

The high temperatures in Europe have been more eye-popping, clearing 100°F from Spain to the Netherlands and setting an all-time July temperature record at London’s Heathrow Airport. But temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s are still doing a number on Greenland’s ice sheet. Estimates from the National Snow and Ice Data Center indicate that roughly half the ice sheet’s surface is melting, well above the average of around 25 percent for this time of year.