We now have thirty years of satellite records monitoring Greenland and they reveal a steady increase in the melt rate.
During the 90's Greenland was contributing 0.27 mm a year to sea levels but in five years from 2000 the rate is now 0.95 mm and is still accelerating. It has now added 11.5 mm to overall rise in sea levels
Greenland is very high and so the top is not melting but higher levels are being affected each decade. The big acceleration is at sea level and in particular where warmer sea water is melting the glaciers from below. There is also the problem of dark snow where soot from forest fires and jet planes is settling on the snow and increasing the melt rate.
Greenland is at lower latitudes and suffers by being adversely affected by civilisation and climate change and it has the potential to add seven metres to sea levels and we only need one metre for economic collapse of many of the richest developed nations.
Greenland is at lower latitudes and suffers by being adversely affected by civilisation and climate change and it has the potential to add seven metres to sea levels and we only need one metre for economic collapse of many of the richest developed nations.
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