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What animal is threaten by the melting of the Greenland ice sheet?
Polar bears are threatened by the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, as they heavily rely on sea ice for hunting and breeding. The loss of sea ice reduces their access to food sources and disrupts their natural habitat.
What is greenland covered by?
About 80% of Greenland's land surface is covered by ice.
Why most of Greenland is covered with snow?
The Greenland ice sheet covers about 80 percent of Greenland! It's the second-biggest ice sheet in the world, after Antarctica
Why is Greenland names Greenland when it is covered in ice?
because when it has no ice its all green
Were do the Greenland shark live?
greenland ice
What percentage of land is covered by ice in Greenland?
The Greenland ice sheet covers 80 percent of the total area of land in Greenland. It is the largest island in the world.
Why do people still believe the Antarctic is losing ice mass?
Loss of ice in Antarctica is measured and published, and the facts support that Antarctica is losing ice mass.
Which countries are covered in ice all year?
Greenland is mostly covered by an ice sheet.
Is Greenland always covered by ice?
No, Greenland is not always covered by ice. It experiences seasonal variation in ice coverage, with the majority of the island covered by ice year-round, but in the summer months, some of the ice does melt.
Why does Greenland have so few people?
because Greenland is ice-covered.
Does ice retreat due to global warming?
Yes, for the most part. Satellite imagery of Antarctica does not reveal much reduction in the extent of ice loss, but we can see although the annual sea ice remains fairly constant, there IS a large reduction in land ice. Arctic sea ice loss has been increasing from year to year, as has Greenland ice loss. These increases have not been linear but exponential, measured across the past few decades. Not all Himalayan glaciers are retreating. Sometimes ice loss occurs in a surge, as the ice shifts from higher to lower elevation. Ice surges generally result in even faster ice loss. A few of the Himalayan glaciers are actually growing, as changing weather patterns result in more annual snowfall than usual. But the overall pattern is one of general glacial retreat. In addition there is a feedback loop--as earth's albedo decreases from loss of reflective ice it warms up even faster.
What is the major industry in Greenland?
ice
