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Greenland in particular is seen by Trump as a contested area where climate change is melting ice sheets and opening new areas for mining.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 July 2025
The existence of 23,000-year-old footprints could only mean that people were already living in what’s now New Mexico before the ice sheets sealed off the southern half of the continent from the rest of the world for the next few thousand years.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
But a study published last week in Communications Earth & Environment concluded that even if warming stops at that level, or slightly below it, polar ice sheets will probably continue to quickly melt, causing seas to rise and displacing coastal communities, according to The Washington Post.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
The Greenland ice sheet melted many times faster than normal during the heat wave, according to the analysis by World Weather Attribution, with at least two communities seeing record temperatures for May.
—Isabella O‘Malley, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 July 2025
The existence of 23,000-year-old footprints could only mean that people were already living in what’s now New Mexico before the ice sheets sealed off the southern half of the continent from the rest of the world for the next few thousand years.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
But a study published last week in Communications Earth & Environment concluded that even if warming stops at that level, or slightly below it, polar ice sheets will probably continue to quickly melt, causing seas to rise and displacing coastal communities, according to The Washington Post.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
The Greenland ice sheet melted many times faster than normal during the heat wave, according to the analysis by World Weather Attribution, with at least two communities seeing record temperatures for May.
—Isabella O‘Malley, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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