When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of abrupt changes is quite frightening. Films like “The Day After Tomorrow” fuel that fear, with visions of unimaginable storms and populations fleeing to escape rapidly changing temperatures. While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the speed and scale of disasters, several recent real-world studies … Read more
When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of abrupt changes is quite frightening. Films like “The Day After Tomorrow” fuel that fear, with visions of unimaginable storms and populations fleeing to escape rapidly changing temperatures. While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the speed and scale of disasters, several recent real-world studies … Read more
Greenland is a country whose natural resources are as great as tourist numbers are small – Visit Greenland “We’re already late, might as well add a few more minutes to the tour,” announced Kjeld, my guide, as he turned the wheel sharply to the right and veered off the dirt road. There was a collective … Read more
You can set your watch by these facts – Getty Which unlikely countries do we share a time zone with? Which world leader abolished time? Read on to find out. 1. Greenland is in the same time zone as Great Britain Despite its location in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and … Read more
The icy coast of Greenland witnessed by Sara Macefield on her Seabourn Venture cruise There was no hiding the enthusiasm of our underwater pilot, Merel, as we descended into the mysterious depths of the fjord in a plume of bubbles. “These are some of the richest waters in the world, with lots of light and … Read more
I walk along the steep bank of a raging whitewater stream, and even though the gorge is only about as wide as a highway, the river’s current speed is greater than that of London’s Thames. The deafening roar and rumble of the rushing water is incredible – a humbling reminder of the raw power of … Read more
About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. The rugged tundra basked in the sun’s rays on the island’s northwestern highlands. There is evidence that a forest of spruce trees, buzzing with insects, covered the southern part of Greenland. Global sea level was then much higher, between 6 and 12 meters above current … Read more