Assistant Professor of Climate Physics Bo Möller Venneth from the University of Copenhagen stated in an interview with AFP that temperatures in parts of Greenland have risen to levels not seen in 1000 years. He emphasized that "this unfortunately confirms the bad news we already know... Clearly, we need to curb this warming to stop the melting of the Greenland ice sheet." He pointed out that "the signs of global warming we see worldwide have also found their way to very remote locations on the Greenland ice sheet." Venneth stressed, "We need to stop this before we reach a tipping point where the melting of the Greenland ice becomes a self-perpetuating process. The sooner we act, the better."
The melting of the ice sheet in Greenland, which is part of Denmark, is causing sea levels to rise, threatening millions of people living along coastlines that could be submerged in the coming decades or centuries. According to NASA, the Greenland ice sheet is currently the main driver of oceanic expansion, as the Arctic region warms at a faster rate than the rest of the planet.
