Via NASA's EarthObservatory, we learn that Greenland is melting.
Historically minded readers know that Leif Erikson named Greenland (Groenland) after its verdant coastlines, even though most of its landmass is covered with ice.
Cinematically inclined readers know that the prospect of that massive ice-sheet melting enough to slip off of the island is a significant concern raised in Al Gore's recent film, An Inconvenient Truth.
Scientifically minded readers now know that a new paper in Science shows that "The amount of ice lost in two years is roughly the same as the amount of water that flows through the Colorado River in 12 years."
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Wow....I was planning to move there. I guess the weather hates me.
My understanding is that the name "Greenland" was PR to attract settlers.