A study of satellite images found that an estimated 11,000 square miles of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years, giving way
Global warming is turning Greenland green.
Parts of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers that melted over the past three decades have been replaced by wetlands, shrub vegetation and areas of barren rock, according to a new study that used satellite images to track changes since the 1980s.
The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports, raise concerns about how Greenland’s retreating ice could threaten the stability of the landscape, exacerbate rising sea levels and contribute further greenhouse gas emissions in areas that have turned into methane-producing wetlands.
Greenland is often considered “ground zero” for the climate crisis because even small shifts in temperature can have outsize impacts across the entire Arctic region — and around the world. Scientists have estimated that if the Greenland ice sheet were to melt completely, it could raise global sea levels by more than 23 feet.
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When Greenland is Turing green, we’d have to call it Whiteland or the joke doesn’t work anymore.
Still not exactly a giant golf course, though. This is the view from my brother’s place in Greenland yesterday:
Wow that looks so beautiful!
Yeah, it’s a gorgeous country! I visited him there a few years ago when he was still living there full time, was a great trip!
As I can’t stand heat and don’t mind the cold, I should visit as well! It’s on my bucket list now :)
Ok, what’s your brother do out in Greenland?
He teaches economics. He does it via Zoom from home in Denmark most of the year, but still goes back to Greenland for a couple of weeks or 3 a few times a year.
That’s pretty neat.
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We’re all probably gonna die, but a wrong is being righted here.
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I think they were referring to the name for a country not being reflective.
How are we going to get Iceland covered by ice though…
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We’d need to deescalate global warming so much that it literally becomes global cooling.
Although even Greenland would not be green anymore.
They can start selling iced cakes and make them selves famous for that… I have a few NSFW options aswell
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Parts of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers that melted over the past three decades have been replaced by wetlands, shrub vegetation and areas of barren rock, according to a new study that used satellite images to track changes since the 1980s.
The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports, raise concerns about how Greenland’s retreating ice could threaten the stability of the landscape, exacerbate rising sea levels and contribute further greenhouse gas emissions in areas that have turned into methane-producing wetlands.
The observed changes are not just bad news for Greenland’s ice sheets and glaciers, said Jonathan Carrivick, an Earth scientist at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and one of the authors of the study.
When ice retreats, the exposed bedrock and new areas of vegetation absorb more of the sun’s energy, increasing the temperature of the land surface and exacerbating global warming.
Michael Grimes, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Leeds and lead author of the study, said Greenland’s retreating ice and expanding vegetation have important cultural consequences as well, particularly for indigenous populations that rely on these ecosystems for traditional hunting practices.
“Moreover, the loss of ice mass in Greenland is a substantial contributor to global sea level rise,” he said, “a trend that poses significant challenges both now and in the future.”
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Those madlads knew what they were doing when they named it!
