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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Global warming in one word: Greenland

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I don't get it.

There was an ice age. ALL of North America was covered in miles of ice. It's been melting since - including Greenland and the glaciers.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

You don't get that it is called GREEN LAND? Meaning it used to be much warmer, too.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm not sure that's true. Or that being green automatically means it used to be much warmer. Though it's common knowledge that they could switch Greenland and Iceland names to be more accurate. Also that would be Climate Change, not just Global Warming.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Of course it used to be much warmer. There are plenty of records of that. The climate has changed tremendously over the aeons, long before man had allegedly the ability to influence that.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I mean, I don't think that's where it got its name.

" In the 10th century it was settled by Vikings (or at least a small part of it was), and to this day it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. "

" According to the Icelandic Sagas, Erik the Red chose the name "Greenland" to entice settlers from Iceland. In fact, Greenland has far more ice cover (about 84% of its surface area) than Iceland does, but the southern coasts the Vikings settled are green in summer, and were likely more so during the Medieval Warm Period. "

~ https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Greenland#Q223

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

"during the medieval warm period."

What more is there to say? Has Greenland turned green out of the current "global warming" yet? No? Then... WTF are we even talking about here. Yes, the climate changes, no it's not especially warm, and yes, it has changed plenty without any possible technological intervention by humans.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

WTF are we even talking about here.

Global warming in one word: Greenland

It was confusing and unclear. But your other words helped.