GREENLAND'S ICE SHEET
The ice sheet covers 80% of Greenland and contains 2.7 gigatonnes of ice.
If the ice melts it would make up half of the freshwater of the northern hemisphere.
How thick is the ice where it is thickest?
Where does the ice sheet move most – to the west or to the east?
Give reasons for your answer.
The last glacial period began around 115,000 years BC and ended 11,700 years ago.
Large parts of the northern hemisphere were covered by ice.
Today it is just 80% of Greenland and the North Pole that are covered by ice.
What countries were covered by ice 11,000 years ago?
How is it possible to know how the climate was in Greenland during the last 135,000 years? Find help in the book at page 30.
How many percent of Greenland will the ice cover in a hundred years? See the movie on the next slide.
The ice sheet covers 80% of Greenland and contains 2.7 gigatonnes of ice.
If the ice melts it would make up half of the freshwater of the northern hemisphere.
How thick is the ice where it is thickest?
Where does the ice sheet move most – to the west or to the east?
Give reasons for your answer.
The last glacial period began around 115,000 years BC and ended 11,700 years ago.
Large parts of the northern hemisphere were covered by ice.
Today it is just 80% of Greenland and the North Pole that are covered by ice.
What countries were covered by ice 11,000 years ago?
How is it possible to know how the climate was in Greenland during the last 135,000 years? Find help in the book at page 30.
How many percent of Greenland will the ice cover in a hundred years? See the movie on the next slide.
