A warning panel in Greenland on the tsunamis caused by the icebergs
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The increase in temperatures in the Arctic causes glacier To retire on land, exhibiting thousands of kilometers of coastline in Greenland and other regions – with potential geopolitical consequences.
Jan Kavan At the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Republic and his colleagues used satellite imaging taken in 2000 and 2020 to follow changes in the marine termination glaciers through the northern hemisphere. They found that nearly 2,500 kilometers again coast appeared during this period due to glaciers withdrawing on earth, with two thirds …