Climate crisis could still be affecting size of Greenland ice sheet in thousands of years

The global climate crisis due to emissions of greenhouse gases could continue to impact the size of the Greenland ice sheet for “thousands of years”, researchers have said. The enormous ice sheet is the second-largest on Earth after the Antarctic ice sheet, and covers 1.5 million sq m, with the ice reaching up to 3,000m (9,800 feet) deep. This summer cooling had driven a progressive growth of the Greenland ice sheet, from its minimum extent at between 6,000 and 5,000 years ago until the industrial revolution. “We need to be aware that the Greenland ice sheet has been standing there for at least three million years.” “The atmosphere and ocean temperature needs time to rise.”But he added: “The ice sheet melt at the margins is slow.