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2021.09.06 14:00 GMT+8

Unprecedented rainfall hits the peak of Greenland's ice cap

Updated 2021.09.06 14:00 GMT+8
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In an aerial view, icebergs which calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier float in the Ilulissat Icefjord in Ilulissat, Greenland, September 4, 2021. /CFP

The sun sets as rain falls beyond floating ice and icebergs in Disko Bay above the Arctic Circle in Ilulissat, Greenland, September 4, 2021. /CFP

For three days in August this year, an estimated 7 billion tonnes of water hit the ice sheet for the heaviest rainfall since researchers started keeping records in 1950. It's also the first time since then that rain, not snow, fell on Greenland's highest peak. /CFP

Guide Vilhelmine Nathanielsen leads a kayak tour to icebergs in Ilulissat, Greenland, September 4, 2021. Having grown up in the coastal town in western Greenland, she said the icebergs were much bigger when she was a kid. /CFP

In July, the Greenland ice sheet experienced a vast melting event, losing more than 8.5 billion tonnes of surface mass in a single day, showing another stark sign of climate crisis. /CFP

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