COP15 students' visit to Greenland
Five of us, the COP15 students, had the wonderful opportunity to visit Greenland - the hotspot of climate change. We spent 2 weeks visiting different places in Greenland, amongst others Nuuk, Jakobshavn Glacier in Illulisat and the Arctic Station in Disko Island - and I think it was truly a once in a lifetime experience for all of us!
Greenland is something special - you can stand on green grass and hike up a mountain, while watching icebergs floating just next to you - something you dont see anywhere else in the world:) I am really grateful for this amazing opportunity and it has definitely been thought-awakening trip when it comes to seeing the actual effects of climate change.
We saw and heard what great changes have taken place just within a couple of decades - the glaciers are retreating and the routes which traditionally in winter time have been frozen and used by fx. dog sledges in the past years have often stayed unfrozen. The sad part of the story is not only what thses changes might mean for the nature and ecosystem, but also what they can mean for the traditional ways of living in Greenland, and many other places in the world.
At the moment several research missions are taking place in Greenland. Amongst others changes in the CO2 concentration and temperatures are being measured - these have only been taking place for few years as for now (at least in the station we visited), but Im really looking forward to seeing the results ina couple years time!
I wish I could share the whole experience, but here are some highlights (and more to come):
Greenland is something special - you can stand on green grass and hike up a mountain, while watching icebergs floating just next to you - something you dont see anywhere else in the world:) I am really grateful for this amazing opportunity and it has definitely been thought-awakening trip when it comes to seeing the actual effects of climate change.
We saw and heard what great changes have taken place just within a couple of decades - the glaciers are retreating and the routes which traditionally in winter time have been frozen and used by fx. dog sledges in the past years have often stayed unfrozen. The sad part of the story is not only what thses changes might mean for the nature and ecosystem, but also what they can mean for the traditional ways of living in Greenland, and many other places in the world.
At the moment several research missions are taking place in Greenland. Amongst others changes in the CO2 concentration and temperatures are being measured - these have only been taking place for few years as for now (at least in the station we visited), but Im really looking forward to seeing the results ina couple years time!
I wish I could share the whole experience, but here are some highlights (and more to come):
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Comment by Komal Habib on August 17, 2010 at 9:37am -
You put everything about our Greenland visit very nicely in this blog :)
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