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Two things. First, anybody ever think about why an ice covered body of land was called Greenland? Here's a clue, it used to be a lot warmer and green. This is n
by newintellectual 7y ago
Two things. First, anybody ever think about why an ice covered body of land was called Greenland? Here's a clue, it used to be a lot warmer and green. This is nothing new. Ice was a disaster for the settlers of Greenland.
And this:
"Scientists already know that the Greenland ice sheet is melting. But the hidden heat source originating from deep inside the Earth partially responsible for that melting has been a mystery. Now, researchers have pinned down evidence of that heat, revealing yet another force pushing glaciers into the ocean."
https://www.newsweek.com/puzzling-heat-deep-inside-earth-melting-greenlands-glaciers-786943 https://www.newsweek.com/puzzling-heat-deep-inside-earth-mel...
- jfkienennd 7y agoBecause people from Iceland wanted to entice people to join them on a voyage there, and thought calling it Greenland would help them with that.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThe indigenous Inuit call it Kalaallit Nunaat ("land of the Kalaallit"). The Saga of Erik the Red from the 13th century tells us Grœnland was chosen as misleading advertising to get people to relocate there.