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These 17 gorgeous photos of Greenland should deeply trouble you

Sarah KramerJun 17, 2016, 21:33 IST

That was about 5 degrees higher than the high in New York City for that day.Bob Strong/Reuters

Greenland just hit a big new record, and it isn't a good one.

Temperatures soared to 75 degrees Fahrenheit in mid-June, smashing previous temperature logs for as long as people have been keeping them.

Greenland's continent-wide ice sheet is also at its tiniest in recorded history - and the annual summer melt season has only just begun.

Some argue that Greenland's balmy new climate will spur its economy. But these photos show why that trade-off isn't worth the calamitous costs to the planet.