Melt rate of Greenland ice sheet can predict summer weather in Europe, scientist says
Location, extent and strength of recent freshwater events suggest an unusually warm and dry summer over southern Europe this year
Long-range weather predictions are notoriously difficult, but a new paper in the journal Weather and Climate Dynamics suggests that the melt rate of the Greenland ice sheet can predict the next summer’s weather in Europe.
The chain of events is complex and other factors may interfere. But according to Dr Marilena Oltmanns of the UK National Oceanography Centre, lead author of the study, it goes roughly as follows: