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    Rain Fell On The Peak Of Greenland's Ice Sheet For The First Time In Recorded History

    According to scientists, rain fell for several hours on an area 10,551 feet in elevation on Aug. 14, an unprecedented occurrence for a location that rarely sees temperatures above freezing.
    by Joe Hernandez Aug 20, 2021 1 minute
    A researcher looks at a canyon created by a meltwater stream on the glacial ice sheet in Greenland in 2013.

    Greenland saw rain at the highest point of its ice sheet for the first time since scientists have been making observations there, the latest signal of how climate change is affecting every part of the planet.

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