Chasing ice

Modern day Greenlanders aren't having to adapt to decreasing temperatures like their Viking ancestors but the opposite change of increasing temperatures.

Something that seems synonymous with global warming is the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. In July the fastest melting rates ever were recorded further deepening concerns about the imminence of the impacts of climate change (The Guardian).

I came across this trailer for a documentary that has been recording glacial melting. Its set in Iceland not Greenland but it really sends home the message about just how much the environment is changing in the northern most parts of our planet. 

However, as many academics argue that it was the increasing bitterness of the climate that drove the Norse colony to collapse, surely our current global warming would benefit Greenland today. Have a look at the video below which discusses whether the modern Greenlanders are the real winners of global warming.