The Greenland ice cap has been in the news lately as scientists monitor melting believed to be a result of a warming atmosphere.
• Scientists have found “torrents of fresh meltwater” tunneling to the bottom of glaciers, where it can lubricate their slide toward the sea. (Al Gore, “An Inconvenient Truth”)
• Climate scientists from the University of Texas claim that in the past 2 1/2 years, the melt rate of Greenland ice has tripled. (Science Magazine, Aug. 11, 2006)
• Ice quakes in Greenland have been on the rise, signaling what may be “a massive destabilization.” (Al Gore, New York University, Sept. 18, 2006)
