1940 Shock News : Greenland Glaciers Nearing “Catastrophe”

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Steven Goddard

By far the largest number of local glaciers in north-east Greenland had receded very greatly during recent decades, and it would not be exaggerating to say that these glaciers were nearlng a catastrophe.

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Blade says:

September 22, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Here is the plaintext …

The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : Monday 6 May 1940)

Greenland’s Climate Becoming Milder

Is the Arctic climate becoming more temperate? Remarkable new information given by the famous Swedish authority. Professor H. W. Ahlmann. in a lecture to the Swedish Geographical Society, suggests that this may be the case.

Professor Ahlmann was speaking of the collated results of his expedition to northeast Greenland, and he stated that the glaciers there showed clear signs of a change towards a warmer climate. As had been observed iv other parts of the Arctic, especially In Spitzbergen. the melting had Increased rapidly.

By far the largest number of local glaciers in northeast Greenland had receded very greatly during recent decades, and it would not be exaggerating to say that these glaciers were nearing a catastrophe.

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MostlyHarmless says:

September 22, 2011 at 5:11 pm

15% of Greenland glaciers will have turned brown by late 2011. Is that the kind of “catastrophe” those glaciers were nearing?

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