Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2009, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 282-.

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Scientific Expedition in the Greenland of Arctic

GAO Dengyi   


  1. Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029
  • Received:2009-09-07 Revised:2009-10-07 Online:2009-10-25 Published:2009-10-25

Abstract:
It has been paid more attention to the influence of global warming on the ice and snow in Greenland of Arctic and comparison of the natural environment between the Greenland of Arctic and Svalbard during my first scientific expedition time in Greenland. It show us from the scientific expedition that there is a strong influence of global warming on the ice and snow in the west part of Greenland in Arctic. Such as, there are the sky blue lakes on the ice sheet of west Greenland everywhere, the glacial recession is very obvious and there are many icebergs in the Ilulissat Fjord. It is warning us from the above that under the background of the global warming mankind must be bound by ourselves to get the time for preparing against possible emergence, such as more decrease of discharging the greenhouse gases. On the other hand, there is a similar natural environment with the oasis in the region of ice and snow both in the regions of the Svalbard and the west seacoast of Greenland as the effect of warm oceanic general circulation.

Key words: Greenland of Arctic, climate warming, melting ice sheet, glacial recession, oasis in the region of ice and snow