A new island has appeared of the coast of Greenland, discovered by veteran American explorer, Dennis Schmitt, who has named it “Warming Island.”
Previously, it had appeared to have been an integral part of the Greenland coast, but as the ice melted away, the ice bridge that attached the island to Greenland became thinner, until in the summer of 2005, it became completely separated.
If the entire Greenland ice sheet were to melt, sea levels would rise 7 meters–over 20 feet, and would innundate most of the world’s coastal cities.