Greenland’s Ice Melting at Fast Rate

Why should we care when Greenland gets warmer? We should. Because when glaciers turn to water as a result of global warming, sea levels rise. Greenland has 630,000 cubic miles of ice and when it melted, seawater will rise by 23 feet, scientists warned. That means many islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans will be under water before long. Climate change is a threat to Pacific Ocean mangroves, national parks, and ancient heritage sites. For many years, small island developing countries have asked the United Nations to take tough measures in dealing with our common problem of global warming. Civil society, Non-governmental organizations and individuals around the world are taking action to plant more trees, under the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign. Community action has been taken to use new and renewable source of energy. It is time that governments of industrialized countries take serious action to reduce green house gas emission into the atmosphere.

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