Grenland

Grenland

An iceberg floats in a fjord near Tasiilaq. Greenland is strategically important for the U.S. military and its ballistic missile early-warning system since the shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island. The United States maintains an air base in Thule in Greenland's northwest under a 1951 treaty with Denmark. Pictures taken June 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Greenland experiences ice melt that could cover Florida in 2 inches of water

As human-caused climate change warms the planet, ice loss has increased rapidly