Shocking images and video clips have emerged that show melted glaciers and water gushing under a bridge after authorities in Kangerlussiauq, Greenland, confirmed that 12 billion tons of ice were lost in just 24 hours.

This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today and Danish officials say 12 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Rl2odG4xWj

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 1, 2019

In the video above, you can see water flowing so fast under a bridge.

According to CNN, the melted ice in the region is equivalent to 4 million Olympic swimming pools.

Experts believe that the soaring temperatures all over the earth led to more than 197 billion tons of ice melting.

Usually, the melting season of ice starts by the end of May and it only lasts until August, but this year, the melting season started a month earlier and is expected to last longer.

According to the Copernicus Climate Change Program, the data of temperatures that were recorded in July are still being analyzed, but experts that are analyzing it suggest that it could have been the hottest in history.

The Greenland Ice Sheet, which is considered as the 2^nd largest ice sheet on planet Earth, is expected to lose 50 to 70 billion tons of ice in 2019.

The ice melt in Greenland alone has caused global sea levels to rise by half a millimeter.