Greenland, a nation of glaciers
As sea levels around the globe rise, researchers affilitated with the National Science Foundation and other organizations are studying the phenomena of the melting glaciers and its long-term ramifications.
The warmer temperatures that have had an effect on the glaciers in Greenland also have altered the ways in which the local populace farm, fish, hunt and even travel across land.
Read on for more photos of the life and environment of this remote, arctic country.
Greenland has one of the smallest populations in the world, with about 58,000 residents.
The warmer temperatures that have had an effect on the glaciers in Greenland have altered the ways in which the local population farms, fishes, hunts and even travels across land.
She is part of a team of scientists that is using Global Positioning System sensors to closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet.
Fishing is the top industry in the country and accounts for nearly 90% of Greenland's exports.
Joughin and fellow scientist, Sarah Das, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution uncovered a plumbing system for the ice sheet, where meltwater can penetrate thick, cold ice and accelerate some of the large-scale summer movements of the ice sheet.
