{"id":5410,"date":"2022-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/14-11-2022\/greenland-ice-sheet\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T06:54:00","slug":"greenland-ice-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/14-11-2022\/greenland-ice-sheet","title":{"rendered":"Greenland Ice Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>In News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A new study found that Part of Greenland&#8217;s ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which will likely lead to greater sea level rise by the end of this century.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The implications are worrying, as sea level rise already threatens millions of people living along coasts that could find themselves underwater in the decades and centuries to come.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>About Greenland Ice Sheet<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u00a0 is protected by cold waters of mostly Arctic origin against the temperate Atlantic waters from the southeast.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/24-02-2025\/greenland-ice-sheet-melting\">Greenland ice sheet<\/a> is currently the main factor in swelling the Earth&#8217;s oceans with the Arctic region heating at a faster rate than the rest of the planet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Consequences <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">of dramatically rising sea levels include &#8220;increased intensity of storm surges, flooding, and damage to coastal areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: circle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">People may become displaced and life farther inland is threatened because rising seas can contaminate soil and groundwater with salt<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><\/span><\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/science-and-environment\/thinning-greenland-ice-sheet-may-mean-more-sea-level-rise-study-1160871.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif;\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><u>DH<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News A new study found that Part of Greenland&#8217;s ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which will likely lead to greater sea level rise by the end of this century. 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