Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet

Research shows there has been a near-quadrupling across Greenland of methane-producing wetlandsSignificant areas of Greenland's melted ice sheet are now producing vegetation, risking increased greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea levels and instability of the landscape.A study has documented the change since the 1980s and shows that large areas of ice have been replaced with barren rock, wetlands and shrub growth, creating a change in environment. Continue reading...