Sir Jpturc
Tue, Jun-19-07, 06:20
GREENLAND
ICY GREENLAND WARMING TO WORLD CLIMATE CHANGE In few parts of
the world is climate change more real -- and personal -- than
here. And some residents are welcoming it. BY DOUG STRUCK
Washington Post Service Posted on Sun, Jun. 17, 2007
http://www.miamiherald.com/578/story/142048.html
QAQORTOQ, Greenland -- The biggest island in the world is a
wind-raked place, gripped by ice over four-fifths of its land,
prowled by polar bears, its coastlines choked by drifting
icebergs and sea ice. Many of its 56,000 people, who live on
the fringes of its giant ice cap, see the effects of global
warming -- and cheer it on.
''It's good for me,'' said Ernst Lund, a lanky young man who
is one of 51 farmers raising sheep on the southern tip of
Greenland. His animals scramble over the cold granite hills of
a dramatic fiord, his farm isolated from the nearest town by a
long boat ride threading past drifting mounds of ice, followed
by a jolting truck trip along seven miles of gravel road.
''I can keep the sheep out two weeks longer to feed in hills
in the autumn. And I can grow more hay. The sheep get
fatter,'' he said.
In few parts of the world is climate change more real -- and
personal -- than here. The Arctic is feeling the globe's
fastest warming. At a science station in the ice-covered
interior of Greenland, average winter temperatures rose nearly
11 degrees Fahrenheit from 1991 to 2003. Winters are shorter,
ice is melting, and fish and animals are on the move.
A rapid meltdown and fast-sliding glaciers in Greenland could
raise sea levels around the world and flood coastal cities and
farmland. The infusion of cold water could jolt the Gulf
Stream, alter weather throughout the Northern Hemisphere and
scatter fish and marine stocks.
Etc.
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464 Founder of the True Geology
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ICY GREENLAND WARMING TO WORLD CLIMATE CHANGE In few parts of
the world is climate change more real -- and personal -- than
here. And some residents are welcoming it. BY DOUG STRUCK
Washington Post Service Posted on Sun, Jun. 17, 2007
http://www.miamiherald.com/578/story/142048.html
QAQORTOQ, Greenland -- The biggest island in the world is a
wind-raked place, gripped by ice over four-fifths of its land,
prowled by polar bears, its coastlines choked by drifting
icebergs and sea ice. Many of its 56,000 people, who live on
the fringes of its giant ice cap, see the effects of global
warming -- and cheer it on.
''It's good for me,'' said Ernst Lund, a lanky young man who
is one of 51 farmers raising sheep on the southern tip of
Greenland. His animals scramble over the cold granite hills of
a dramatic fiord, his farm isolated from the nearest town by a
long boat ride threading past drifting mounds of ice, followed
by a jolting truck trip along seven miles of gravel road.
''I can keep the sheep out two weeks longer to feed in hills
in the autumn. And I can grow more hay. The sheep get
fatter,'' he said.
In few parts of the world is climate change more real -- and
personal -- than here. The Arctic is feeling the globe's
fastest warming. At a science station in the ice-covered
interior of Greenland, average winter temperatures rose nearly
11 degrees Fahrenheit from 1991 to 2003. Winters are shorter,
ice is melting, and fish and animals are on the move.
A rapid meltdown and fast-sliding glaciers in Greenland could
raise sea levels around the world and flood coastal cities and
farmland. The infusion of cold water could jolt the Gulf
Stream, alter weather throughout the Northern Hemisphere and
scatter fish and marine stocks.
Etc.
Brought to you courtesy of :
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud Australia Mining Pioneer Discoverer of
Telfer, Nifty & Kintyre mines in the Great Sandy Desert
Exploration Geologist & Offshore Consultant Mobile +33 650 171
464 Founder of the True Geology
~ Ignorance is the Cosmic Sin, the One never Forgiven ~
for background info.
http://www.tnet.com.au/~warrigal/grule.html
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/index.html
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/turcaud.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s28534.htm Email:
sir.jean-paul.turcaud(at)neuf.fr