Greenland melts at a rate not recorded in millennia – Pledge Times – Pledge Times

Despite the fact that its discoverer for Europeans, the Viking Erik the Red, called it Grønland (green land, in Danish) in Greenland almost everything is ice. However, he is on his way to becoming what the Norse adventurer said. In a study that models the past, present and future of its icy layer, they have found that the thaw of the island had not been so great and accelerated for millennia. And if global warming emissions are not reduced, the worst is yet to come.
Greenland, with an area more…

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