Greenland glaciers and the 'greenhouse effect', activities 1993

Abstract

Possible global climate change caused by increased 'greenhouse effect' may lead to a warmer climate that will cause increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet, and a rise in world sea level. Climate warming may be apparent first and with greatest magnitude at high latitudes so that increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet could give early warning of global climate change. For these reasons, GGU and foreign organisations are studying Greenland glaciers in connection with the ‘greenhouse effect’ (Braithwaite et al. 1992).