Troubling Reality Of Melting Ice In Greenland
Jun 19, 2019, Greenland: With their sled in tow, a pack of dogs trudge towards a distant mountain range in north-west Greenland. The stunning picture may seem typical enough of the Danish territory. What's beneath their feet, a shallow pool of crystal-blue water, is anything but. In early June, temperatures soared well above normal levels in Greenland, causing about half of its ice sheet surface to experience melting. And the sea ice around the territory is, of course, also feeling this heat. Steffen Olsen, a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), took the photo on 13 June as these warming conditions reached their peak. (Credit Image: © Steffen Olsen/ZUMA Wire)
Drowned Man and His Daughter on US Mexico Border
June 26, 2019, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico: The bodies of Salvadoran migrant OSCAR ALBERTO MARTINEZ RAMIREZ and his nearly 2-year-old daughter VALERIA lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico on June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez, was frustrated because the family from El Salvador was unable to present themselves to U.S. authorities and request asylum, swam across the river on Sunday with his daughter, Valeria. (Credit Image: © Abraham Pineda-Jacome/EFE via ZUMA Press)
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