Greenland's Melting Ice , Could Exacerbate Global Warming.<br />NBC reports that global warming <br />is transforming Greenland, making <br />the frozen landmass more green. .<br />According to a new study, melted portions <br />of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have <br />left behind wetlands, shrub vegetation <br />and sections of exposed rock.<br />The paper, published in the journal 'Scientific Reports,' <br />highlights concerns over Greenland's retreating <br />ice and how it threatens environmental stability.<br />The melting has exacerbated sea level rise <br />and contributed to greenhouse gas emissions <br />from methane-producing wetlands.<br />NBC reports that Greenland is often <br />considered an indicator for the global <br />climate crisis, as small temperature changes <br />can have a dramatic impact on the environment.<br />Scientists have warned that if the Greenland ice <br />sheet were to completely melt, it has the potential <br />to raise global sea levels a catastrophic 23 feet.<br />The new study has found that approximately <br />11,000 square miles of Greenland's ice <br />has melted in the last three decades.<br />Over the same period, the amount <br />of vegetated land in Greenland has <br />increased by about 33,7774 square miles. .<br />The amount of wetlands nearly quadrupled <br />in that time, most notably around the town of <br />Kangerlussuaq on Greenland's western coast.<br />We have seen signs that the loss of ice <br />is triggering other reactions which will <br />result in further loss of ice and further <br />‘greening’ of Greenland, where shrinking <br />ice exposes bare rock that is then <br />colonized by tundra and eventually shrub. , Jonathan Carrivick, Earth scientist at <br />the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom <br />and one of the study's authors, via NBC
