GEENLAND'S ICE SHEET
The ice sheet covers 80% of Greenland. 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?
What is below the ice?
The last glacial period 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 11,700 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.
Will there be any ice left on Greenland in 100 years? See the movie on the next slide.
The ice sheet covers 80% of Greenland. 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?
What is below the ice?
The last glacial period 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 11,700 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.
Will there be any ice left on Greenland in 100 years? See the movie on the next slide.
