Greenland is considered by many to be one of the major keys to
climate change. Changes in Greenland, like much of the Arctic,
are an indication of the extent of climate change year to year.
Greenland is also a major contributor to global sea rises and
would contribute at least twenty-three feet to overall levels if
the island were to melt entirely. According to researchers, both
2010 and 2011 have seen massive melting from Greenland’s
glaciers. Researchers in 2010 found the melt was a record and in
2011 the record was set once more. The air temperatures
surrounding the ice sheets of Greenland have risen at least four
degrees Fahrenheit in twenty years. The western glacier of
Jakobshavn is said to be the greatest contributor to rising seas
in the Northern Hemisphere, a glacier which is moving toward the
ocean at 100 feet per day. This is double the speed at which it
moved less than twenty years prior. In the book entitled “The
Fate of Greenland,” which was partially written by glaciologist
Richard Alley, the a