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These 17 gorgeous photos of Greenland should deeply trouble you

Sarah Kramer   

These 17 gorgeous photos of Greenland should deeply trouble you

greenland melting ice children playing climate change global warming reuters

Bob Strong/Reuters

This looks fun, but it's bad news.

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.

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