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"Greenland's Residents Grapple With Global Warming"

"Nestled between icy peaks and lapped in frozen ocean waters, the tiny town of Tasiilaq in southeastern Greenland is home to some 2,000 people.

Colorful wooden houses dot the sub-Arctic landscape battered by one of the harshest climates on the planet.

But global warming is reshaping the world's largest island, causing the ice sheet to melt at a faster rate than previously thought, according to recent research."

Maria Caspani reports for Reuters January 10, 2019, with photography by Lucas Jackson.

 

Source: Reuters, 01/11/2019