Greenland is getting greener. That could have huge consequences for the world
The area of Greenland’s ice loss in the past three decades is 36 times the size of New York City — land that is rapidly giving way to wetlands and shrubs, a study shows.
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The area of Greenland’s ice loss in the past three decades is 36 times the size of New York City — land that is rapidly giving way to wetlands and shrubs, a study shows.
The snow and ice that once dominated Greenland's landscape have been replaced with wetlands, shrubs and barren rock.
In Greenland, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as across the rest of the world, the icy, rocky landscape is turning increasingly green, a new study finds.
A comprehensive examination of historical satellite data reveals that approximately 11,000 square miles or 28,707 square kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years.