Global Warming Rapidly Melts Massive Greenland Glacier Analysis

I decided to read “Global Warming Rapidly Melts Massive Greenland Glacier” written by Doyle Rice, featured in the USA TODAY magazine on November 13, 2015. In this article, it explained how a massive glacier in northeast Greenland has dramatically melted in the past decade. They know that the warming of the air and oceans are the cause of this drastic event and the consequence will not be good if this continues. The consequence is that the more the glacier melts, the more water the oceans have, which then increase sea level, which then could cause our lands to be covering in water. Within these last 10 years, the glacier has melted profoundly, and slowly behind it is an even larger glacier melting away as well. Within decades, we may see sea level rise more than 39 inches. These changes have always been a question whether or not global warming was the cause of this, but it’s sad to say that we now know 100% that this is the cause, and the result are shocking. …show more content…
I never realize how much of an impact we had on the melting of the glaciers until we began studying them in class. I think we really need to change what we are doing to our planet. The melting of these glaciers is the start of what can become a huge flood of many islands, cities, continents, and many more. Glaciers are also the resource of water to many places, such as the Himalayas. With global warming causing these events to happen, there will be; migration, less freshwater supply, flooding, etc. Nobody wants to have to deal with the effects of global warming, but we are seeing the effect right now, and the glaciers and ice sheets are a huge part of