Greenland Undergoes Many Changes Amid Acceleration Of Climate Change

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND - SEPTEMBER 05: Icebergs which calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier (BACKGROUND) float in the Ilulissat Icefjord on September 05, 2021 in Ilulissat, Greenland. 2021 will mark one of the biggest ice melt years for Greenland in recorded history. Researchers from Denmark estimated that in July of this year enough ice melted on the Greenland Ice Sheet to cover the entire state of Florida with two inches of water. According to NASA, Greenland has melted 5 trillion tons of ice over approximately the past 15 years, enough to increase global sea level by nearly an inch. The observations come on the heels of the recent United Nations report on global warming which stated that accelerating climate change is driving an increase in extreme weather events. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)