April 7, 2017
The melting of Greenland's glaciers
Ecowatch -Greenland's icy coastlines are withering away at a
rapid pace. With ever rising temperatures in the region, scientists fear
the glaciers may never grow back.A team from Ohio State University
discovered that about 20 years ago, melting on the island reached a
tipping point. In this event, a layer of old snow called the firn, was
frozen over and the ice sheet growth was stunted. This caused the new
growth on the coastlines to halt. Combined with rising temperatures of
the sea, the ice has been melting away in large sectors. At the rate
it's going, the team said there will be a 1.5 inch increase in global sea level rise by 2100.
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