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Greenland, the world largest island, is about 81% ice capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; the Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953.Capital Nuuk(Godthab)
Location of Greenland is in the Northern North America, island beween the Artic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Map references: Artic Region
Climate: Artic to subartic; cool summers, cold winters
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran
Languages: Greenlandic(East Inuit), Danish, English
NAtional Holiday: June 21(longest day)
Oil-Production: 0bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil-Exports: NA bbl/day
Oil-Comsumption: 3,860 bbl/day (2004 est)
Location of Greenland is in the Northern North America, island beween the Artic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Map references: Artic Region
Climate: Artic to subartic; cool summers, cold winters
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran
Languages: Greenlandic(East Inuit), Danish, English
NAtional Holiday: June 21(longest day)
Oil-Production: 0bbl/day (2004 est.)
Oil-Exports: NA bbl/day
Oil-Comsumption: 3,860 bbl/day (2004 est)
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The massive ice sheet that is roughly the size of Mexico (700,000 square miles) and about 2 miles thick have been since the record setting in 2005 satellites recorded melting in areas that have never melted in the past 27 years.
***Can a rapid change in glaciers and ice sheets and hence sea level rise cause an abrupy climate change?
FACTS & UNCERTAINTIES
*glaciers are loosing mass and are the largest cryospheric Slr contributor
*Rapid changes in marginal regions the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets show acceleration and thinning
*No ice-sheet model is currently capable of capturing the glacier speedups in Antartica or Greenland that have been observe over the last decade(ozone hole analogy
***Can a rapid change in glaciers and ice sheets and hence sea level rise cause an abrupy climate change?
FACTS & UNCERTAINTIES
*glaciers are loosing mass and are the largest cryospheric Slr contributor
*Rapid changes in marginal regions the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets show acceleration and thinning
*No ice-sheet model is currently capable of capturing the glacier speedups in Antartica or Greenland that have been observe over the last decade(ozone hole analogy
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Greenland's ice caps have been melting over the recent summers and its loosing alot more water to the sea than its gaining through snowfall. This is contributing to rising sea levels.
Satellites have showed that 57 cubic miles of ice was being lost annually.
Satellites have showed that 57 cubic miles of ice was being lost annually.
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The ice sheet contains one-tenth of the worlds freshwater reserves.
Scientists predict that global average temperatures will rise by between one and six degrees celsius this century unless urgent action is taken now to cap and reduce carbon emissions.
Even a rise of three degrees could result in cataclysmic species loss, melting polar icecaps raising sea levels by many metres and wholesale famine and disease.
Greenland is only part of the picture, and there is also evidence of local warming and melting on the giant western antartic ice sheet.
scientist said the worldhad to halt greenhouse gas emissions and reverse them within two decades or watch the planet spiralling towards destruction.
The first phase of the global on cutting greenhouse gas emissions runs until 2012, and negotiations have only just started on finding a way of taking it beyond that.
The United States, the worlds biggest polluter, has rejected both the protocol in its current form and any suggestion of expanding or extending it..
Scientists predict that global average temperatures will rise by between one and six degrees celsius this century unless urgent action is taken now to cap and reduce carbon emissions.
Even a rise of three degrees could result in cataclysmic species loss, melting polar icecaps raising sea levels by many metres and wholesale famine and disease.
Greenland is only part of the picture, and there is also evidence of local warming and melting on the giant western antartic ice sheet.
scientist said the worldhad to halt greenhouse gas emissions and reverse them within two decades or watch the planet spiralling towards destruction.
The first phase of the global on cutting greenhouse gas emissions runs until 2012, and negotiations have only just started on finding a way of taking it beyond that.
The United States, the worlds biggest polluter, has rejected both the protocol in its current form and any suggestion of expanding or extending it..
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