There's a newly discovered piece of land in Greenland, according
to The New York Times. It's one of the new islands being found
around the Arctic as shoreline glaciers melt away. This new island
in Greenland was first noticed in 2005. Old maps show it as part of
an ice-covered peninsula. No longer.
Cartographers can't keep up. Several new islands in Greenland have
been recently uncovered, literally. And there's at least one new
island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
Greenland alone has more than 27,000 miles of coastline. More
islands could be appearing soon. If all
Greenland's ice cap melts, the sea levels on Earth could rise more
than 20 feet. Last month scientists premiered a video showing
Arctic ice melting before 2040. The cause: global warming. And the
latest island to be found in Greenland? The American discoverer
calls it "Warming Island."
