Entire Ice Mass of Greenland Will Melt at Two Degrees Celsius Temperature Increase
The entire ice mass of Greenland will disappear from the world map if temperatures rise by as little as 2C, with severe consequences for the rest of the world, a panel of scientists told Congress today.
Breakup of the tongue of Greenland’s Petermann glacier due within weeks
Arctic glacier poised to split up July 15, 2009 Sidney Morning Herald Environment An ice island weighing many millions of tonnes is poised to break off the northern hemisphere’s largest glacier, say independent scientists travelling aboard a Greenpeace ship. Altogether, 5 billion tonnes of ice is set to crumble from the Petermann Glacier on Greenland’s [...]
