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    <em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Enough to Fill 16 Trillion Bathtubs

    Greenland’s ice is melting alarmingly fast. Plus: A Trump transition staffer argues for impeachment, a year in prison for the death of an endangered fish, and more
    by Saahil Desai Apr 23, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Reuters

    What We’re Following

    (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)

    The mass of ice covering most of the surface of the world’s largest island is mind-bogglingly large, containing enough water to fill the Great Lakes 115 times over. But it’s melting—and quicker than scientists once thought. Since 1972, the ice sheet has lost enough water to fill up 16 trillion bathtubs, and about half that ice melted in the past eight years. That melting constitutes one of the most profound—and alarming—geological shifts of our time, since the wholesale collapse of the ice

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