🍃 Why is Greenland turning greener?
🍃 Why is Greenland turning greener?
Three decades of melting ice have reshaped Greenland's terrain, doubling vegetation and quadrupling wetlands.
The area of Greenland’s ice loss in the past three decades is roughly 36 times the size of New York City. Warmer temperatures drive ice loss, leading to the exposure of barren rock, wetlands, and shrub areas once covered in ice and snow.
An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometres of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records.
Researchers warn of cascading impacts and further 'greening' of Greenland as shrinking ice exposes bare rock, contributing to more global warming.
Greenland's ice loss isn't just a local issue - it has significant implications for global sea level rise, coastal communities, and indigenous populations whose livelihoods depend on stable ecosystems.
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