Why Greenland's melting ice should worry us all

Aircraft are finding it hard to land on arctic ice which has turned mushy (AP).jpg

Aircraft are finding it hard to land on arctic ice which has turned mushy Source: AP / AP

As record-breaking summer temperatures scorched Europe, parts of the Greenland ice sheet have seen their own 'mini heatwave'. The melting of Greenland's huge ice sheet is one of the more visible signs of human-caused global warming from the burning of fossil fuels.



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