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Line 34: − |---- − |Gore argues Greenland is in rapid meltdown, and that this threatens to [[sea level increase|raise sea levels]] by 20 feet. − |But according to a 2005 study in the Journal of Glaciology, the Greenland ice sheet is thinning at the margins and growing inland, with a small overall mass gain. In late 2006, researchers at the Danish Meteorological Institute reported that the past two decades were the coldest for Greenland since the 1910s.
Updated information from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Climate_Experiment satellite, which directly measures mass by detecting gravitational variations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Greenland%2BAntarctica_Mass_Loss.png
|Gore claims global warming is causing an expansion of African deserts.
|Gore claims global warming is causing an expansion of African deserts.
|However, the Sept. 16, 2002, issue of New Scientist reports, Africa's deserts are in 'spectacular' retreat . . . making farming viable again in what were some of the most arid parts of Africa.
|However, the Sept. 16, 2002, issue of New Scientist reports, Africa's deserts are in 'spectacular' retreat . . . making farming viable again in what were some of the most arid parts of Africa.
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|Gore claims the Antarctic ice sheet is melting because of global warming.
|Gore claims the Antarctic ice sheet is melting because of global warming.