The Army also envisioned hundreds of miles of rail lines Buried within the Greenland ice sheet. On the tracks of Project Iceworm, atomic trains would carry nuclear-tipped missiles in snowy tunnels between hidden launch sites—a hoax covering an area the size of Alabama.
Ultimately, Project Iceworm never surpassed 1,300 ft (400 m) long tunnel The army excavated in Century Camp. As the tunnel walls closed, the soft ice and snow moved, causing the track to curve. In the early 1960s, first the White House, then NATO, Rejected iceworm project.
The Army abandoned Camp Century in 1966, leaving hundreds of tons of waste within the ice sheet. today, crushed and abandoned camp Located more than 100 feet (30 meters) below the surface of the ice sheet. But as the climate warms and ice and snow melt Waste will reappear: Millions of gallons of frozen sewage, asbestos-coated pipes, toxic lead-based paint and cancer-causing PCBs.
Who will pick up the pieces and at what cost is an open question.
Greenland remains a difficult place to turn a profit
In the past, the United States has focused on short-term interests in Greenland, with little regard for the future. abandoned baseAn example of this is what is scattered around the island today and needs to be cleaned up. Perry’s disregard Life of local Greenlanders It’s another one.
History shows that many fanciful ideas about Greenland have failed because they rarely took into account the island’s isolation, harsh climate and dynamic ice sheets.
Trump’s demands American control The island’s importance as a source of wealth and U.S. security Equally short-sighted. in today’s Rapid climate warmingignoring the huge impact of climate change on Greenland can Project destined to fail as Arctic temperatures rising. Recent flooding caused by the melting Greenland ice sheet has wash away the bridge This has been going on for half a century. The permafrost beneath the island is rapidly melting and destabilizing infrastructure, including critical infrastructure Radar installation and runway The space base in Thule will be renamed Pitufik Space Base in 2022. The slopes of the island are Fall into the sea as The ice holding them together melted. this us and Denmark Conducted geological surveys in Greenland and identified critical mineral deposits Along the rocky exposed coast. However, to date, most mining has been restricted cryolite and some small-scale extraction of lead, iron, copper and zinc. today, Only one small mine mines anorthositeUseful for its aluminum and silica, running. Greenland’s greatest value to humanity is not that it strategic location or potential mineral resourcesbut its ice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9lnP0Rjb2E0?wmode=transparent&start=0 NASA satellite data animation showing Greenland ice sheet mass loss (measured in meters of water equivalent in ice) between 2002 and 2023. If human activities continue to heat the Earth and Greenland’s ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise until the ice disappears. Ice sheets store enough water to raise global sea levels by 24 feet, and losing even a portion of them would cause disastrous impact Serving coastal cities and island nations around the world. This is a serious global insecurity situation. The most forward-looking strategy is to protect Greenland’s ice sheet rather than pillaging a remote Arctic island. Increase fossil fuel production and climate change accelerating All over the world. Paul BiermanProfessor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Vermont This article is reproduced from dialogue Licensed under Creative Commons. read Original article.
What matters is the ice
