The Fate of Greenland Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change 1st Edition by Philip W Conkling ISBN 0262015641 9780262015646

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ISBN 10: 0262015641 
ISBN 13: 9780262015646
Author: Philip W Conkling

Viewed from above, Greenland offers an endless vista of whiteness interrupted only byscattered ponds of azure-colored melt water. Ninety percent of Greenland is covered by ice; its icesheet, the largest outside Antarctica, stretches almost 1,000 miles from north to south and 600miles from east to west. But this stark view of ice and snow is changing — and changing rapidly.Greenland’s ice sheet is melting; the dazzling, photogenic display of icebergs breaking offGreenland’s rapidly melting glaciers has become a tourist attraction. The Fate ofGreenland documents Greenland’s warming with dramatic color photographs and investigatesepisodes in Greenland’s climate history for clues about what happens when climate change is abruptrather than gradual.

Greenland’s climate past and present could presage ourclimate future. Abrupt climate change would be cataclysmic: the melting of Greenland’s ice shelfwould cause sea levels to rise twenty-four feet worldwide; lower Manhattan would be underwater andFlorida’s coastline would recede to Orlando. The planet appears to be in a period of acute climateinstability, exacerbated by carbon dioxide we pour into the atmosphere. As this book makes clear, itis in all of our interests to pay attention to Greenland.

The Fate of Greenland Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction to Greenland’s Climate

   • Overview of Greenland’s vast ice sheet and its significance in the study of climate change.

2. Historical Climate Episodes

   • Examination of past abrupt climate changes, such as the Younger Dryas, and their impact on Greenland’s environment.

3. Current Observations

   • Discussion on the rapid melting of Greenland’s ice sheet and its implications for global sea levels.

4. Scientific Investigations

   • Insights into the research conducted by scientists to understand the causes and effects of abrupt climate changes.

5. Global Implications

   • Analysis of how changes in Greenland’s climate can serve as indicators for broader global climate trends.

6. Conclusion

   • Reflections on the lessons learned from Greenland’s climate history and their relevance to current and future climate scenarios.

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