Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Greenland has lost ice 36 times the size of New York. That’s a huge
problem for the planet
Greenland is the world’s biggest island, around seven times the size of
the UK and 50 times that of London. The autonomous region within Denmark had
mostly been covered by ice and glaciers until recently. However, it has lost a substantial
amount of ice in the last three decades, as much as 36 times the size of New
York City due to global warming. As a result, the surface of some parts of Greenland
has become green or barren. Since snow and ice reflect the heat from the sun
back into space, they help reduce temperature increase and sea level rise. Also,
warmer temperatures have accelerated ice loss and raised land temperatures even
higher. As a result, some parts of the permafrost have melted and released
planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane. All these changes have been
affecting not only global warming and sea level rises but also the lives and ecosystems
on and around Greenland, including the 57,000 inhabitants, polar bears,
reindeer (Caribou), seals, and whales.
Read the article and learn about the changes in once-icy Greenland.
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