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The scope of Wednesdays ice melt is a number difficult to grasp. To understand just how much ice is being lost, a mere 1 billion tons or 1 gigaton of ice loss is equivalent to about 400,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, the Danish Meteorological Institute said. (Photo: AP)

Watch: Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt

More than 10 billion tons (11 billion US tons) of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melt on Wednesday alone.

3 Aug 2019 2:06 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Walrus bones provide clues to fate of lost Viking colony

Their fate may have been tied to the demand for walrus ivory among rich Europeans.

8 Aug 2018 12:04 PM IST