University of Vermont: Greenland Melted Recently, Shows Higher Risk of Sea Level Rise
July 21, 2023
July 21, 2023
BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on July 20, 2023:
A large portion of Greenland was an ice-free tundra landscape--perhaps covered by trees and roaming woolly mammoths--in the recent geologic past, new UVM-led research shows. This indicates that the ice sheet on Greenland may be more sensitive to human-caused climate change than previously understood--and will be vulnerable to irreversible, rapid melting in coming centuries. . . .
A large portion of Greenland was an ice-free tundra landscape--perhaps covered by trees and roaming woolly mammoths--in the recent geologic past, new UVM-led research shows. This indicates that the ice sheet on Greenland may be more sensitive to human-caused climate change than previously understood--and will be vulnerable to irreversible, rapid melting in coming centuries. . . .