A new study paints a bleak picture of Greenland's future.
Greenland is one of the most vulnerable places on the planet to global warming. According to data, it lost up to 255 gigatonnes of ice per year between 2003 and 2016.
Scientists have observed that the southernmost part of the ice sheet is melting the fastest. The statement reveals that air and water temperature, ocean currents, precipitation, and other underlying factors all influence how and where the ice sheet melts. In terms of temperatures, previous observations suggested that a global temperature increase of one to three degrees Celsius could cause the Greenland Ice Sheet to melt irreversibly.
“We cannot continue carbon emissions at the same rate for much longer without risking crossing the tipping points. Most of the ice sheet melting won’t occur in the next decade, but it won’t be too long before we will not be able to work against it anymore,” said Höning, who led the study.Understanding the future fate of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the context of anthropogenic CO2 emissions is crucial to predict sea level rise.
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