Rising sea levels

General info

Greenland is the world’s second largest ice sheet. Rising sea levels, melting ice and the disappearance of animals which the indigenous Inuit peoples rely on, are just some of the effects that are already apparent as a result of our changing climate, with sea ice coverage at at historic low in 2018 according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

85% of Greenland’s GDP comes from fisheries, some of which are expected to be highly impacted in coming years such as shrimp fisheries, meaning not only are domestic food supplies for indigenous peoples impacted, but the overall economic well being of the country (multiple knock on effects for the majority indigenous population).

Some facts:

Between 1992-2018, Greenland lost 3.8 trillion metric tons of ice.

During the summer of 2019 alone, 600 billion tons of ice was lost. This is enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2 milimeters in 2 months.

Every centimetre rise in global sea level means 6 million people are exposed to coastal flooding around the planet.

The increase in sea levels were made up by 40% of Greenland’s lost ice.

Permafrost is being lost and if greenhouse emissions continue at this rate up to 70% of near-surface permafrost could be lost.

How you can help

Sign the petition to stop over fishing of the Greenland Cod

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Digital protest with a sign related to sea level rise!

Take a picture of yourself with this poster:

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Use hashtags such as #greenlandismelting

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