The recent heat wave that broke temperature records across Europe broke different records when it arrived in Greenland. On August 1, the Greenland Ice Sheet experienced its biggest single-day of ice loss in recorded history. About 12.5 billion tons of ice melted and poured into the Atlantic Ocean, satellite data showed. One day earlier, over 10 billion tons of ice melted. Every 1 billion tons of ice lost creates enough water to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools, the Danish Meteorological Institute noted late last week. The center offered the comparison to help people try to understand just how much ice melted. One Danish scientist offered a different comparison. Climate expert Martin Stendl said the total ice that melted in Greenland on July 31 and August 1 could cover all of Germany with seven centimeters of water.
Title: Greenland Sees Massive Ice Melt
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/story1.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Greenland Sees Massive Ice Melt' data-article-id='4018'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11708'>The recent heat wave that broke temperature records across Europe broke different records when it arrived in Greenland.</span> <span data-start-time='11708' data-end-time='23479'>On August 1, the Greenland Ice Sheet experienced its biggest single-day of ice loss in recorded history.</span> <span data-start-time='23479' data-end-time='35896'>About 12.5 billion tons of ice melted and poured into the Atlantic Ocean, satellite data showed.</span> <span data-start-time='35896' data-end-time='41958'>One day earlier, over 10 billion tons of ice melted.</span> <span data-start-time='41958' data-end-time='59500'>Every 1 billion tons of ice lost creates enough water to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools, the Danish Meteorological Institute noted late last week.</span> <span data-start-time='59500' data-end-time='68313'>The center offered the comparison to help people try to understand just how much ice melted.</span> <span data-start-time='68313' data-end-time='73229'>One Danish scientist offered a different comparison.</span> <span data-start-time='73229' data-end-time='88750'>Climate expert Martin Stendl said the total ice that melted in Greenland on July 31 and August 1 could cover all of Germany with seven centimeters of water.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/story1.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13395 data-hint-location='68313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/what_does_comparison_mean.wav'>What does comparison mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='how similar or different'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/melting_ice_sheets.wav'><span>melting ice sheets</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/how_similar_or_different.wav'><span>how similar or different</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/fill_a_swimming_pool.wav'><span>fill a swimming pool</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/single_day_loss.wav'><span>single day loss</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13396 data-hint-location='23479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/how_was_the_data_collected.wav'>How was the data collected?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='from a satellite'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/historical_records.wav'><span>historical records</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/billions_of_tons.wav'><span>billions of tons</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/from_a_satellite.wav'><span>from a satellite</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/climate_scientist_expert.wav'><span>climate scientist expert</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13397 data-hint-location='59500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/the_comparison_helped_people_to__blank_.wav'>The comparison helped people to <span class='blank'>understand</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='understand'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/cope.wav'><span>cope</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/explain.wav'><span>explain</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/understand.wav'><span>understand</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/survive.wav'><span>survive</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3539/story1.wav
Preview
