Grist: Greenland, the Arctic nation that is basically one huge ice cube, is feeling rather balmy lately.
The island experienced the highest temperatures ever recorded on June 9, when air temperature in Nuuk, the capital city, soared to 75 degrees F. While that may seem like no sweat, the average high for this time of year between 1961 and 1990 was just 44 degrees F, and even Greenland`s hottest month rarely broke 50.
But that was then. That record-breaking day in June was hotter in Nuuk than it was...