Climate experts express concern over flourishing plant life at Greenland ice sheet

Significant areas of Greenland’s melted ice sheet are now sprouting vegetation, leading to concerns about heightened greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea levels, and landscape instability.

A study spanning from the 1980s reveals substantial ice loss, with 11,000 sq miles melting over three decades, equivalent to 1.6% of Greenland’s total ice cover or the size of Albania. As the ice recedes, 33,774 sq miles of land have seen vegetation growth, more than doubling since the study’s commencement.

Scientists attribute this ice retreat to rising air temperatures, with Greenland experiencing a warming trend at twice the global average rate since the 1970s.