I'm from Greenland and live here. One of the reasons I somewhat support Danish rule is because I don't trust our own Greenlandic politicians. I'm afraid that some politician - if we ever become fully independent - will recieve a lot of money from some Russian, American or Chinese mining business and then suddenly agree to sell the rights to our underground minerals. At least when the Danes rule us, they (probably) won't just sell our country's resources off to some foreign company.

@Buoya

Жыл бұрын

good point!

@tomorrow4eva

Жыл бұрын

Yes, this happens in Africa a lot in recent history. I hope you can avoid this.

@bos-G-state7359

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what is going to happen history has shown that

@richardthomas5362

Жыл бұрын

I don't trust our own Greenlandic politicians. As an American, I don't trust our current crop of politicians either. If Trump had purchased Greenland the current president is likely to sell your interests to China for a small bribe, like he is doing to the rest of us here.

@jeffg6924

Жыл бұрын

All governments are corrupt, regardless of the size. Where there's people involved, there's greed. The only government you can trust are those that fear the people's response to their decisions.

Dude there's no way. I remember being obsessed with Greenland back in Middle school because of its massive size and mysteries. This video really brought that back all of these years later so thank you for making this and congrats on 6 million subs!

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

6.01😂

@lucafortunato_

Жыл бұрын

@@barsukascool why u gotta do him like that 😂😂

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

@@lucafortunato_ thats called killing people by your look

@ketunky3056

Жыл бұрын

Its cant support human life.

@quality_viral_

Жыл бұрын

Yo

You forgot to mention that ice penetrating radar studies shows that 50 to 70% of the ice in Greenland has formed since the end of the Holocene Thermal Maximum, which at this latitude occurred around 8,000 years ago.

@nunyabiznitz5608

14 күн бұрын

Would this greatly improve chances of discovering evidence of past events or will the current sheets erase any possible chances of discovering anything

6:40- for reference. By the time you reach the end of the video- enough ice has melted to fill 2,480 Olympic sized swimming pools.

Spent a year in an American airbase called Sondestrom when I was in the USAF in 1971/72. For two weeks that winter we hit record low temperature of -102F. The amazing thing was that the air was so clear and clean. Only place allergies did not bother me.

@LD-Orbs

Жыл бұрын

All allergy-generating lifeforms have been frozen solid. 🥶

@charlesandrews1234

Жыл бұрын

I was at Sonderstrom also in 62/63. Experienced -70F with 35 mph wind. Still have nightmares about that God forsaken place. Next duty was Tyndall, Panama City, Fla. Sent there to thaw out.

@timothyhoffman3470

9 ай бұрын

LOTS OF BIG TIME OXYGEN BLOWING~ IN YOU'er Face~ The most of what You Breath There With Pure Oxygen~ THAT IS PACKED IN ICE~ BIG ICE~ HAVIG THE ONLY CLEAN WATER LEFT ON THE PLANET IN THE Poles Of North & South!~

@beatorres8395

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service ❤️

@l-nolazck-rn24

5 ай бұрын

Wait, did your allergies really stopped fully? Say if I get easy colds due to allergies (it starts as an allergy most times caused by dust or some else) and such, will it still be way easier there?

the effect of latitude in the climate has more to do with the angle in which sun light hits the surface of the planet than due to the thickness of atmosphere being crossed. This is because sun light on a oblique angle is spread out, while vertical or near vertical sun light is less spread out, or more concentraded. The difference of thickness between different latitudes is quite irrelevant in comparisson to the effect of angle irradiation.

@supernoodles908

Жыл бұрын

That's not true. Well part of it is true. It's both the angle of incident and the fact it has to travel through more atmosphere to reach the ground. Even without the atmosphere planetary bodies have called the temperatures towards the polar regions simply due the angle of incident.

@cinefreak2307

Жыл бұрын

@@supernoodles908 90% of the Earth's atmosphere mass is concentraded in the Troposphere, which is the last 10 km or so of the atmosphere. While the the thickness of the entire atmosphere can vary between 100 to 300 km depending on what scientists actually believe the ionspehere is actually atmosphere or not. Whatever the case, on a oblique angle, those 10 km won't become much thicker. It just doesn't have a big enough effect to even compare to angle irradiation.

@lars3509

Жыл бұрын

Simple geometry tells us, that at a latitude of 60 ° N or S the energy per area through radiation is half of what it is at the equator (in spring/fall, obviously higher/lower in summer/winter). That is, before any reflective/absorbtive effects of the atmosphere are included. At 70 ° (roughly at the arctic circle) the intensity is just 35 % of that of the equator, quickly dropping to zero. I would argue, that this is the main contributor. Also, due to the fact that the relationship between angle of incidence and energy density is nonlinear (~cos(latitude)), the annual cycle has a way bigger effect on energy density than on the equator. I.E 50 ° between summer and winter make no difference close to the equator, but have a giant effect on the arctic, leading to almost no radiation in winter.

@divingstag

Жыл бұрын

@@supernoodles908 The atmosphere absorbs little of the Sun's energy which is mostly visible light, your point stands more strongly for UV light. The atmopshere is almost half the thickness at 60°N as it is at the Equator, greatly mitigating the effect you're talking about, and also radiation absorbed by the atmosphere doesn't disappear, it becomes heat so somewhat irrelevant

@John77Doe

Жыл бұрын

With green house gases wouldn't a thicker atmosphere result in a hotter rather than colder climate because the heat gets trapped?? :)

It's not so much the distance from the sun, but rather the angle. At the equator, the sun is directly above (on average), so you're getting maximum sunlight. At 45th latitude, you're only getting 70%. In the Arctic circle, it's less than 50% or 60% even during arctic summer.

@simoncrooke1644

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to post this exact point. Also, the greater distance traversed through the atmosphere has a small effect but nothing compared to the incident angle, as you have said.

@marktwain368

Жыл бұрын

However, if the Earth's crust undergoes a predicted Pole Shift, the latitude of many lands will be altered radically.

@thureintun1687

Жыл бұрын

enough is enough dude Even if i were a greatest physicist of all time, i won't post the same thing on here that had already posted by other zillions time

@TIGGRE222

Жыл бұрын

The earth isn't flat 😮

@SternDrive

4 ай бұрын

Yup. He got that wrong to. It is not the distance, but rather the suns angle. This guy is more of a propagandist than a scientist.

I haven’t been to Greenland, only flown over it but it was so beautiful. So much land is completely untouched by humans.

@cameronsimmons8743

10 ай бұрын

Same flew over en route to Italy 🇮🇹

@SternDrive

4 ай бұрын

It has not always been untouched by humans. You need to do a bit of research on why they call it Greenland. Hint: Not long ago, lots of Vikings and Norse lived and farmed here. The weather used to be much warmer there, and it was indeed a green land. Check out the evidence. It's out there for all brave people who are not afraid of the current narrative. You can even visit Greenland, and visit the ruins of the farming communities. The locals know...

I've travelled the west coast of Greenland about 15 years ago, it was incredible. One odd thing that stood out for me was how clean the air is, it makes it impossible to estimate distances correctly. A little green hill behind our campside, it looked like you could walk up there in 10 minutes, but after an hour of hiking I was barely halfway up. Same goes for the glaciers, it is hard to really understand the size of these walls of ice. I really hope the Greenlandic ice sheet will survive some more centuries!

@l.j.walker8549

Жыл бұрын

I doubt that it will last, since most of the world’s population does not feel responsible enough to curb global warming, which will surely melt Greenland’s glaciers this century. It’s true. Just do the math on the accelerating melt each decade.

@telsat

Жыл бұрын

@@corryjookit7818 He merely suggested of this off top of his head . Don’t just people that you know nothing about and instead concentrate your energy on criticizing the clown running the american economy into the ground and on the verge of leading it into WW3. Get over Trump and stop living in the past and stop using youtube channels that talks about nature to perpetrate hate around the world for the new world order that will probably kill you before 2030 jeezus stop voting these people your digging your own grave.

@rolandmdill

Жыл бұрын

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ That is your comment on Greenland, its resources and climate change? Very insightful

@gingersteelman8126

Жыл бұрын

@@rolandmdill probably a bot that says something about Jesus every time someone says something about trump.

@rolandmdill

Жыл бұрын

@@gingersteelman8126 I know 😉

1:32 Two different physical effects are being conflated here. The greater travel distance through the atmosphere means that more light and heat from the Sun gets absorbed or scattered. Also, the fact that the angle of incidence is more acute means that the incoming radiation is spread out over a larger surface area. Both have the same root cause that the latitude is high and hence the angle of incidence is low, but the physics between the two effects are vastly different.

@felixadams7365

Жыл бұрын

Yes, a very garbled explanation in the video. Anybody not already knowing the answer will be more confused and ignorant than they were before.

@carlbenz9807

Жыл бұрын

Did you study geology or physics or meterology? It is an honest question because as someone that studied two of these subjects I couldn't stand to watch this through. Way too many errors and way too much alarmism and hysteria regarding the melting of the ice (shield) in the northern polar region. NASA has other research on their page saying that they don't know if the shield is shrinking or increasing and that in the inner and western parts more snowfall has occured in the last decade (which does not automatically mean that the ice shield is increasing)

@kevin_mitchell

Жыл бұрын

@@carlbenz9807 I didn't think there was too much alarmism and hysteria. The disadvantages of the flooding of coastal plains of many countries was balanced by the advantages that would occur if there was any melting of the ice.

@SaanMigwell

Жыл бұрын

@@felixadams7365 You'll find this is a common thread throughout the channel.

@cecilponsaing2749

Жыл бұрын

I was most amazed at how continuously the narrator could make himself sound amazed. I wish they wouldn't. It is very tiring to listen to. And I wish that, instead of, most of the time, describing the numbers by just millions and millions, they would compare it with something.

I saw Greenland from an airplane window, definitely the most breathtaking view I’ve ever seen.

@mikkicarr5717

Жыл бұрын

me too lol, the flight attendants were mad at me for keeping my curtains open but damn, it was so beautiful!

@tazkrebbeks3391

Жыл бұрын

​@@mikkicarr5717. Why Did they get upset with you for leaving your window shade open?

@mikkicarr5717

Жыл бұрын

@@tazkrebbeks3391 Because people on the plane were trying to sleep, but I was making it too bright because it was sunny out.

@tazkrebbeks3391

Жыл бұрын

@@mikkicarr5717. Oh. Well that makes sense. Merry Christmas.✌️

@mikkicarr5717

Жыл бұрын

@@tazkrebbeks3391 Merry Christmas to you too!

Isostatic rebound wouldn't be limited to Greenland, as the weight of that water would be offset to the oceans where it would push down on much thinner and more flexible places like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which will push up the surrounding lands as well, which would likely offset some of those projected sea level rises.

@jeffc6956

Жыл бұрын

Ko9p

@mattbeckelhymer1669

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@gabrielrockman

7 ай бұрын

As big as Greenland is, it is miniscule compared to the combined size of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

​@@gabrielrockman lol, you forgot the Artic Ocean north of Greenland.

@TD_YT066

3 ай бұрын

The other interesting thing is all that mass will relocate to the oceans, Will the change the rotation of the earth, like a suspended trapeze artist spinning rapidly, extends their arms and slows their rotation rate. Also would all this mass moving from the poles change the inclination of the rotation of the earth?

Greenland is just one of those places full of beauty but too expensive and hostile for most people to effectively explore anything that isn't already a well trodden path. From a travelers perspective the more isolated parts of Greenland and the scenery (mountains, ice, kayaking further up the coast, etc) remain a dream for the future.

@rajeshupadhyay5683

Жыл бұрын

Well said! I am also here to learn how to invest after listening to a lady on tv talk about the importance of investing and how she made 7 figure in 3 month, somehow the video taught me nothing and left me even more confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas on how to invest for retirement

@lezliewhicker8450

Жыл бұрын

@@rajeshupadhyay5683The truth is, long term, personally i ventured into the market so i won’t be stranded after i retire. A colleague of mine introduced me to CFA " Priscilla Dearmin-Turner " who drew out retirement plans and they all aligned with what i wanted and had to pick one plan and with her exit and entry strategies on commodities , securities and digital assets, my portfolio has really been diversified with good ROI. I am really impressed by how much i have achieved

@alhajishehu7037

Жыл бұрын

Financial management is a crucial topic that most tend to shy away from, and ends up haunting them in the near future

@davidhudson3001

Жыл бұрын

Investment now will be wise but the truth is investing on your own will be a high risk. I think it will be best to get a professional👌

@jewellwalker9808

Жыл бұрын

@@lezliewhicker8450 Thank you, Going through her profile in her webpage, she smashed all her state certificate and accreditation🙏

A man from Iceland recently purchased a farm in Greenland with the idea of reindeer farming. When hearing of Greenland having rare earth minerals, he did some in-depth research into the minerals on his land. He found there was over a billion dollars of rare earth minerals on his land. Amazing!

@bentalexranebundgaard4867

Жыл бұрын

contary to the US in the Nordic you only get to claim the surface land and water ditto, using or selling your mineral rights demands some very tough *Negotiations* IE Take or leave it, with the Government.

@peterlongprong7521

Жыл бұрын

@@bentalexranebundgaard4867 True, I worked for a mining industry CEO - they will literally r*pe and scar the earth and leave a poisoned mess behind that will taint everything for miles around for centuries- hope that man chose Reindeer farming rather than harming that beautiful land.

@ekesandras1481

Жыл бұрын

rare earth minerals are not rare at all, there are many known deposts on all continents. The only reason they are so expensive is, that it takes a lot of energy to retract the minerals from the ore. With cheap electricity from huge coal plants in Manchuria China was able to outcompete everybody else on the planet and became the monopolist for those minerals. So if you don't have a huge powerplant next to your deposits, they are almost worthless.

@thegreenlandicgamer

Жыл бұрын

Source??

@Azarazosh773

Жыл бұрын

Always...money people!

You are mixing 2 factors up. 1. Sunlight travels longer through the atmosphere causing a smaller percentage to make it through to the surface. 2. The angle at which the sun shines on the surface becomes smaller the closer you get to the poles (because the earth is a sphere), thus spreading the same amount of energy over a larger surface area. Less energy per square meter equals less heat to warm the surface.

@Smokin4CHRIST

Ай бұрын

False shit overlaying it on Europe the same principle Europe nearly 5 times larger than Greenland

Just flew over Greenland a few weeks ago while coming back from Paris. Saw some of the most incredible views looking outside my window. It’s amazing how vast the snowy mountains and frozen lakes and rivers are Edit: For the people that think I’m lying or just don’t know what I’m talking about for some reason, look up why planes fly over Greenland when going to and from Europe. It’s a thing and it’s because it’s the shortest distance due to the curvature of the earth. Enough comments telling me what I did and didn’t do. Thanks.

@andrehof7876

Жыл бұрын

There is no commercial flights over Greenland from France. You likely saw parts of Canada, the hebredies or maybe Iceland.. But likely not even that.

@vanessa9558

Жыл бұрын

@@andrehof7876 that is absolutely, 100% not true. How are you going to tell me where I flew? There was even a flight map that clearly showed the plane was over Greenland. Make sure you know what you’re talking about if you’re gonna tell people what they did and didn’t do.

@andrehof7876

Жыл бұрын

@@vanessa9558 where did your flight go to..

@vanessa9558

Жыл бұрын

@@andrehof7876 It went to SF and in any case I don’t have to explain it to you. If you really want to think there’s “no commercial flights from Paris over Greenland” then go for it, but don’t tell me what I did and didn’t see/did and didn’t do. You just sound dumb.

@Soulvex

Жыл бұрын

@Dawson Davis you arent helping being on a phone/computer.

RealLifeLore: talks about rising sea levels The Netherlands: "ah shit, here we go again"

@somethinglikethat2176

Жыл бұрын

The Dutch: *angrily shakes fist at the sea* "how many times to a have to teach to the same lesson old man?"

@gustavju4686

Жыл бұрын

@@somethinglikethat2176 Poseidon: I love the young people.

@atheistsgod

Жыл бұрын

Mama Mia.... XD

@SirFaceFone

Жыл бұрын

They'll probably need to dam the North Sea and English channel at this point.

Tbh this is probably my favourite of your videos. It's just so interesting

the plane they dug out of the ice was one of only a squadron of planes that crashed there due to lack of fuel.. I believe also there are several B17s under the ice as well as more P38s. it's just that the plane the became known as glacier girl was the most intact.

Even without the atmospheric effects (which do contribute, of course, just in a minor way), it's just the incident angle of the sunlight that causes the temperature differences between the equator and the poles. Celestial bodies without atmospheres have similar temperature gradients along their latitude

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

Why are all these comments so wise theyre 2 wise for my brain to understand

@palleppalsson

Жыл бұрын

Yup beat me to it and with that easy fail so early in the video wonder what coming up in the next 20 min.

@calorion

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say just this. Luckily you already said it better than I would.

@dancoroian1

Жыл бұрын

@@barsukascool I always aim to educate 😉

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

@@dancoroian1 yeah cool👍

The P-38 was part of a small squadron that totaled 6 P-38's and 2 B-17's. They lost their way on the Greenland to Iceland leg and turned around, running out of fuel and landing all together on the cap. Everyone was eventually rescued via sled dog party. The 1992 expedition found one of the B-17's as well but was too crunched up to bother retrieving. The restored P-38 is currently air worthy and renamed 'Glacier Girl'. There's a great book with tons of photos from 1994 on this called 'The Lost Squadron'.

@jacob4920

Жыл бұрын

I now know why the Marvel myth of Captain America being discovered beneath the arctic ice is a thing. These lost planes being found in Greenland are probably at least some of the basis for that story. That's literally the first place that my brain went to, when RLL started talking about the lost flights over Greenland.

@LuisC7

Жыл бұрын

But how did they manage to get it running again after being in a heavily oxidizing environment (basically just water) for 50 years, and with tons and tons of weight crushing it?

@jacob4920

Жыл бұрын

@@LuisC7 Lots and lots of refurbishment. I reckon that literally the only salvageable part was the airframe. Everything else, especially the electronic components, would have to have been completely replaced by the same, or similar, components.

@LuisC7

Жыл бұрын

@@jacob4920 well then it's not the same plane, it's 99% a different plane. But yeah still good to see the airframe flying again

@lanceb7556

Жыл бұрын

@@LuisC7 you obviously know nothing about aircraft restoration and refurbishment. Legally all you need to restore an airplane is to recover the identification data plate. That being said, the P38 Glacier Girl used much of it's original parts.

The view at 4m46s is just breathtaking

@thebenqisme

Жыл бұрын

You can also type it like this 4:46 and you can click it to view later

Great video! BTW, some stats are mentioned at 16:24 and the attributed source is Greenland Minerals (stock code GGG - since then changed name to Energy Transition Minerals), a mining/exploration company. It's interesting to note that the company has discovered a great deposit of rare earth and other valiuable minerals but was blocked by the local government from developing it. The reason is that the ore contains a small amount of uranium, the mining of which is not allowed by law. Of course, there could very well be (likely to be) some political machinations in the background. The company offered some solutions for the handling of uranium but quoting the decision: "...the Company's exploitation licence application cannot be granted because it would involve exploitation of an ore body that contains more than 100 ppm of uranium (the threshold that was introduced in Greenland Parliament Act No. 20 of 1 December 2021 to ban uranium prospecting, exploration and exploitation, etc ('Act No. 20')". This was followed by a leagal bunfight which is still continuing but for now, it looks like the company all but lost the case. It wil be interesting to see what will happen in the future with the exploitation of some minerals in Greenland if uranium is a blocker.

I've lived in Nuuk my entire life and never knew that we had a forest down south, thanks for educating me :). Also when pronouncing Nuuk, you stretch the U a bit more than what you said in the start ;)

@653j521

Жыл бұрын

Is there any use of greenhouses and new tech to grow food?

@okcquilter

Жыл бұрын

In 1960 my Air Force family moved from USA to the UK. I was 5 and our plane landed at Thule to refuel. I remember seeing fishermen off the coast as we came down through the clouds.

@refindoazhar1507

Жыл бұрын

Is it like one very long 'u' or two 'u' pronounced one after another?

@PeterNGloor

Жыл бұрын

you would say Nuuk, not Nook.

@phillipkalaveras1725

Жыл бұрын

Like you would know how to pronounce Nuuk

Can only imagine all the persevered things hiding in the ice. Also the canyon looks like one of the most fortified places in the world

@kingace6186

Жыл бұрын

yes

@thecarlob_007

Жыл бұрын

The only thing hiding there is Wakanda.

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

kinda is, yup

@rc7625

Жыл бұрын

@@thecarlob_007 😂

@nelsonclub7722

Жыл бұрын

Look up Camp Century..... you are certainly correct- and if the ice melts......which it will

Your explanations and your graphics are consistently superb! Should be some kind of award for this quality of presentations. Gold medal to you!

@owenmolter913

7 ай бұрын

ok mark twain

@b4tran

2 ай бұрын

except for the fact that "solar radiation" graphic is completely incorrect science and illustration

1:20 you make it sound like the longer distance of light traveling through the atmosphere is what causes the light to spread out over a larger area. In reality both phenomena are caused by the lower angle of light rays relative to the surface

Fun fact: What we call "rare earth minerals" are in fact quite common. China, and Brazil, are the top exporters 'cause extracting them causes a lot of pollution. And they simply don't care. But you could find them nearly anywhere. They put that name in the XIX century 'cause they really thought were rare. So, no need to kill millions of people and flood thousands of cities to extract "rare earth minerals" from Greenland. Also, we now know how to extract them better. It's just that we don't do it 'cause it's expensive and the impact of doing so (even without polluting the surrounding environment) is quite great. Nobody wants a big open mine close to home in the western world.

@ShionWinkler

Жыл бұрын

Not that the maker of this channel will say it, but thank you for pointing out the truth. Seriously, I never heard someone talk about trashing a place with so much enthusiasm before watching this video.

@brianmessemer2973

Жыл бұрын

Great comment, one which really changes the perspective of the whole conversation. I hope this comment gets noticed.

@kvineet631

Жыл бұрын

Yes, rare earths are not that rare, only their refinement is very messy and polluting. That's why the west doesn't bother refining their own. They'd rather buy it refined from China who doesn't care much about the environment and the people there can't say much. Many nations actually export the ore to China and buy back refined rare earths. But even if it's a dirty business China has monopolized it and the day it decides to punish the west, it surely has a big card in it's hand.

@jeddvillaspin3379

Жыл бұрын

I was also in doubt why china is they claimed the biggest exporter of rare earth elements. How come that rare earth can only be found in their lands and not on other continents? Now that explains it. You need to destroy an entire forest and mountains, pollute your city just to produce one.

@jeddvillaspin3379

Жыл бұрын

@@kvineet631 They can't do that because chinese economy is very reliant to export. If they "punish" the west, the west will just sanction them by banning imports from China until their economy falls which will cause a massive revolution. The west can dig their own rare earths if they commit.

I too have been fascinated by Greenland, my dream coming true having visited for 3 months. The local people have helped me more than any other country. Greeting from Australia 🇦🇺.

@analyticalhabitrails9857

Жыл бұрын

Of course, theyll help you because theyre so isolated, lonely, dont have much else to do, little space to expand, little food of course they will. Lolol!!

@SternDrive

4 ай бұрын

@jakejackson2669 Who would pay for expensive bio-domes? he food grown in these domes would be away more expensive than simply flying it in. Iceland can do it, because they have free heat.

The light having to travel through more atmosphere isnt why there's less solar energy. It's because of the angle that Greenland is relative to the photon's paths. The solar energy is less dense per unit area at steep angles.

@ieatbees2725

Жыл бұрын

Thats essentially what he said in much more simple wording

@samiraperi467

Жыл бұрын

@@ieatbees2725 Incorrect. Atmosphere thickness is largely irrelevant. It's the *tilt of the ground* wrt the Sun that matters.

@IvoZivkov

Жыл бұрын

You are correct. Actually, I'm not even sure why he tried to explain why higher latitudes are colder. This is pretty much widely understood and did not add much value to the discussion.

@lloydg9383

Жыл бұрын

@@samiraperi467 If you hit the atmosphere at 90 degrees, most of it will power through. If you hit the atmosphere at a 20 degree angle... some will reflect off back into space.

Great video! I am addicted to this channel! So good!

9:58 - a shirtless dude casually digging in a snow. I bet he's wearing shorts and flipflops as well

@jeffspaulding9834

3 ай бұрын

At Thule, it's so dry you can be comfortable at much lower temperatures than you can at most places. I wear a T-shirt (I'm not a shorts guy) outside during the Thule summer, where it's usually just above freezing.

I have a friend from Greenland. Met him in school in Norway. Had to click on this video. Kalaallit Nunaat! 🇳🇴🇬🇱

It’s not about the time sunlight spends travelling through the atmosphere. It’s the angle of incidence. The same number of rays are spread across a much larger surface area on the ground.

@stellviahohenheim

Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@inuyasha989

Жыл бұрын

thats because this guy isnt pointing out "climate change" in good faith hes peddling the same talking points as every other leftist talking head with a following its why i use ad block and skip past the propoganda ;p

@oldtimefarmboy617

Жыл бұрын

"It’s not about the time sunlight spends travelling through the atmosphere. It’s the angle of incidence. The same number of rays are spread across a much larger surface area on the ground." And of course, the longer the sunlight travels through the atmosphere the more the atmosphere diffuses the sunlight and the much larger surface area it is spread across. So actually, it IS about both.

@sonofawil

Жыл бұрын

@@oldtimefarmboy617 nope. You can calculate the solar intensity based on angle of incidence at different latitudes and it lines up with observation. Atmospheric diffusion has a negligible effect.

@oldtimefarmboy617

Жыл бұрын

@@sonofawil And yet it does have an effect and also helps determine which wavelength of light will be most prominent at the surface. After all, the moon is still clearly visible during a lunar eclipse even though the Earth has completely blocked the sunlight from shining directly on the moon. The light that reaches the moon is mostly red because that is the wavelength that makes it through the Earths atmosphere. So, yes, to get an accurate measurement, the diffusion caused by the atmosphere must be taken into account so you know how much of one and how much of the other is responsible. If you care do be that accurate. Minute differences in solar radiation can have large effects over time.

Wouldn't be the first time. Florida was under water and the Georgia coast was 50 miles inland from where it is now. You can still find sharks teeth around Orlando and many miles inland of Georgia to this day.

@gailwendtland5970

Жыл бұрын

AT THE TOP of the Davis Mts in Texas are marine fossils......so.....yes...has happen before. Climate change is CYCLICAL....

@gailwendtland5970

Жыл бұрын

@shawn ..what was debunked??

The archeological findings in that ancient canyon will be so great

Ive worked in Greenland at Nuuk airport...we did major overhauls on the Bell 212 helicopters and C checks on dash 7s and dash 8 aircraft...stayed in a little cabin right opposite the hospital...really enjoyed my time there, went to Santa's Grotto but he was out 😁...tried local cuisine, whale blubber 🤢 was interesting! and a cool guy called Renè brought me reindeer steaks and fresh halibut ..was awesome! people were so friendly

@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi

10 ай бұрын

Whale blubber doesn't sound like it could be my kind of thing but how are the reindeer steaks? I'm assuming it's like other venison in that it's gamey and delicious.

@punkyjuarez763

2 ай бұрын

Is it true that there is a massive UFO 🛸 under the ice in greenland? I heard that a couple days ago and it peeked my interest 🤔

@punkyjuarez763

2 ай бұрын

I heard a couple days ago that there is a massive UFO under the ice in Greenland 🛸🤔

Man, Greenland really does make you feel small in this world. A few hundred years does not sound like alot of time, especially for a geographic feature but I realize I will be long gone before I ever get to witness any major change in it. All I have is this little window to view the world, and I will never get to see that great canyon or the ice melt simply because of time.

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

Not unless we bomb it.

@mirjalolsirojiddinov3043

Жыл бұрын

That is exactly what i was thinking about while watching the video

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

Seriously, can we bomb it? Bikini Atoll 2.0?

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDiscordNet the way I see it, if your problem isn't solved by a bomb, you should use a bigger bomb. 💥😎💥

@John_Redcorn_

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDiscordNet no, but a damn good bit can be

Very interesting and packed with new and relevant information! Thanks.

“Cities in the Central Valley like Stockton will sink!” So there is a plus to all this.

Minor correction to the physics in the beginning of the video - the basis for lower solar energy in the Arctic Circle isn’t because of the distance light has to travel in the atmosphere (although it is indeed longer, but not the primary effect), the the flux density being so much smaller. Basically imagine taking a “cylinder” of the same light aiming straight at something versus that something being at a really sharp angle to the light. The shape of the light spot will be much larger in the second scenario, which means the energy is distributed over a larger area… or said another way, the same area receives less energy than its counterpart.

@Querientje

Жыл бұрын

Did you watch the video? I just saw literally what youre saying here

@divingstag

Жыл бұрын

@@Querientje He showed the image but apparently didn't understand it, listen to what the video says

@inuyasha989

Жыл бұрын

thats because this guy isnt pointing out "climate change" in good faith hes peddling the same talking points as every other leftist talking head with a following its why i use ad block and skip past the propoganda ;p

@ashmostro

Жыл бұрын

@@divingstag Appreciate the supportive comment, but I don’t know if I would say it that harshly. I mean, he wasn’t wrong about the longer travel length in the atmosphere. It’s just that it is not the dominant affect, probably by many orders of magnitude.

@oldtimefarmboy617

Жыл бұрын

The longer the sunlight travels through the atmosphere the more the atmosphere diffuses the sunlight and the much larger surface area it is spread across. So actually, it IS about both.

Imagine the fossils potentially under Greenland

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

Must've been Glowbull warming then...

@infidelheretic923

Жыл бұрын

Why the hell not? By then the rest of the world will be a shell of what it was anyway.

@donaldjones9830

Жыл бұрын

There is an episode of What on Earth on travel channel, season 3. The military is missing an atomic bomb there. While looking for it with LiDAR, they found a huge underwater canyon, 3 times bigger than the Grand Canyon. They found prehistoric fossils.

@kitkong5075

Жыл бұрын

d i n o s a u r s no, even *before* the dinosaurs.

@PremierCCGuyMMXVI

Жыл бұрын

@@billhosko7723 back millions of years ago CO2 levels were much higher so yes it was global warming lol

Love your episodes keep it up!!!!!

A mass like that, with such a deep canyon and valley/bowl like region below, I wonder what kind of wedge-like vertical pressure that has on the Earth's crust. If it were to melt completely, would the crust start shifting drastically? 🤔

@PhailRaptor

Жыл бұрын

I kinda want to know where the boundaries of the tectonic plates in the area are. The layout would be useful in determining how the island will shift were all the ice to melt, and just how easily it could rise from shedding that weight. If it's part of a larger plate, the change in weight would have a smaller effect. But if it's on a smaller plate, the change would be a much more significant percentage, resulting in a significantly larger uplift.

Big ups on 6 MILLION Subs! Deserved and always have videos I never knew I needed until you upload them!

@zlomeny

Жыл бұрын

vErIfIeD yOuTuBeR aNd nO rEpLiEs ??????? 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

@mattiside3131

Жыл бұрын

@@zlomeny you don’t know him don’t you?

@coreypa4997

Жыл бұрын

@@mattiside3131 look mkmkmknkoinonj

@PlanetXhypotheses

Жыл бұрын

Yay

@PainLambright

Жыл бұрын

more like 250,000 6mil is a lie

How much emphasis do we need? RealLifeLore: Yes.

Thanks for a nice video. So, with the interior lake, not all the ice will melt and flow into the ocean, making the rise in sea levels not quite right? What will e the effect of the rising of Iceland once the mass of ice is removed in sea levels?

Greenland has been on my bucket list since I was 8 years old (the 80s) when I used to be so fascinated by the globe we kept in the classroom at the time......one day.

The reason there is weaker/less light this far north is because the sun strikes the earth at more of an angle at these latitudes, as opposed to more or less straight on at the equator, therefore, the suns rays are spread out over a larger area. It is not because they have to travel through "more atmosphere". You can see in the picture in the video the much larger area over which the suns rays are spread out over, compared to at the equator. The video also greatly exaggerates the thickness of the atmosphere. The atmosphere wouldn't even be visible on the scale of the images in the video. It would be less than a hairs thickness so the picture misrepresents reality, but unfortunately that misrepresentation could influence the understanding of these concepts. In fact, the atmosphere is thicker/higher at the equator than at the poles but that isn't mentioned in the video, and that certainly doesn't diminish the strength of the suns rays at the equator. As they are so far north there are also months of the year when there is no sunlight at all, again due to the angle of the earth, and has nothing to do with the atmosphere.

@DPR-GENX

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing this out as I was going to post the same info to correct his inaccuracies.

@miridium121

Жыл бұрын

I was about to write the same thing 😎

@ewthmatth

Жыл бұрын

You are half right. Yes the angle of earth's surface does matter. But the sun's rays DO have to travel through more atmosphere at high latitudes and this DOES have a cooling effect. Why do you think * direct * sunlight in early morning and late day is less hot? Hello?? It doesn't matter if you orient a surface to be 90 degrees to a low sun. It will still be cool because the sun's rays are traveling through more atmosphere.

@miridium121

Жыл бұрын

@@ewthmatth no. If you orient a small surface into a 90 degree angle at early morning or late evening that's a NEGLIGIBLE impact compared to how much the sun's rays are spread out over a larger area per unit at that time. You may get a fraction more on it (and it will feel slightly warmer) but the photons are already so spread out in the area as a whole that it cannot compensate for it. Earth is a globe (or technically geoid) so it doesn't matter if the effect is in a North-South or East-West direction, the effect still happens. The atmosphere is so thin it doesn't come close to the impact of the photons-per-square-meter effect.

@markcooper3974

Жыл бұрын

It’s a diagram and not an actual representation of reality. In addition, technically photons travel through the atmosphere.

Oddly there was no mention of the 2 giant asteroid impact craters discovered on Greenland that likely contributed to the last short ice age and may have been the reason large mammals like the Mastodon went extinct. These were discovered when the mapping was done that discovered the giant canyon on Greenland.

@Underp4ntz_Gaming_Channel

Жыл бұрын

dude those videos nowadays only push the climate change agenda propaganda, climate change is here since earth existed... even the dutch president said during the WEF that they plead to push the climate change agenda with propaganda and paying journalists and media outlets a lot of money to push this...

@davideaston6944

Жыл бұрын

Wondering... are these perhaps the origin of the large deposits of rare-earth minerals?

@kf9926

Жыл бұрын

This channel won’t give you information like that

@usuario2967

Жыл бұрын

@@kf9926 but they will mislead you into thinking poles are cold because of the thickness of the atmosphere

@telsat

Жыл бұрын

@@usuario2967 Yes my thoughts also lol. Lack of sun and indirect rays that bounce off the atmosphere and ice is imho the real reason for its cold air.

Could the potential isostatic rebound of the land possibly raise sea level again? Or would that be negligible with how much water would be added with the melting

Your videos make me want to boot up Civ 6 haha nice work man 👏

My hometown of New Orleans is already a soup bowl. You gotta be crazy to buy a home down here. I find it utterly insane that after the catastrophic flooding of Katrina(as well as other hurricanes) home prices have soared much much higher than pre-Katrina levels and they still continue to climb. New Orleans no longer looks or feels the same so I’m already saying my good byes. It’s projected that New Orleans will be underwater by 2050, which sucks big time but Post-Katrina Nola already ruined it for me.

@esmenhamaire6398

Жыл бұрын

Commiserations. It must be hard to lose a beloved hometown to natural forces.

@andrusaaliiy9267

Жыл бұрын

Who knows if that would actually happen I remember news media and scientists in the 1980s saying new York would be 40 ft under water by the 2000s and that never happened and how they said in the early 2000s most of Antarctica would be melted by 2020 and that also never happened in fact it grew by like 1 percent so I don't really trust these scientists that much

@Vlad_Ibarr

Жыл бұрын

I hope for you the best. If global warming continues as is projected, eventually what you are saying would happen

@robertranger6612

Жыл бұрын

Please N.O. Was supposed to already be under water, but now it is pushed out another 30 years. Stop being so gullible.

@JaketheMongoose

Жыл бұрын

They're probably gonna build massive sea walls to keep New Orleans from flooding which still makes it insane to live there when imagining the massive amount of Taxes that are gonna be demanded.

Talks about Greenland: Most people: "Interesting." Plague Inc players: *Hellish screams of agony*

To think this Ice sheet survived the younger dryas that ended the last ice age and the global spanning civilisation that existed back then is pretty cool and I wonder how many wildlife undiscovered is underneath it that may be a isolated lake just like other places

@Captainval28

Жыл бұрын

@UCMlhWHVNTELt75tbEpQ5Zfw we are in one now and our species have been on this world for over 30 thousand years why is it so hard to think we had a globe spanning civilisation before 8 thousand years ago esspecialy given how fast we gained civilisation after the younger dryas

@busterbiloxi3833

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, there are entire cities with millions of advanced people living under Greenland's ice. Definitely.

@Captainval28

Жыл бұрын

@@busterbiloxi3833 I think you misunderstood my comment I never meant existing ones I meant ruins of one if you've watched ancient apocalypse you'll know what i mean

@Captainval28

Жыл бұрын

@@busterbiloxi3833 also how did you come to that conclusion from what I said

@Captainval28

Жыл бұрын

@@busterbiloxi3833 ill fix it to show you what I meant

Love how you deliver horrific news with a cheery music and a bubbly voice totally unbothered

@poloslim5330

8 ай бұрын

Haha

I’ve always had 1 question for historians, because the Viking Norsemen (🇩🇰Danes + 🇳🇴Norwegians) had already ‘discovered’ 🇬🇱Greenland by Leif Erikson ~ 1000 CE (half a century before Columbus in 1492) - doesn’t that make Erikson the first European to ‘discover’ America (as Greenland is part of the North American continent - both physically by plate tectonics, as well as demographically as Greenlandic is a Native American language)?

@Hourani95

Жыл бұрын

yes. there is also evidence of viking influence on the eastern coast of the americas.

@enzosrandoms

Жыл бұрын

yes but Columbus's discovery is more popular

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

i like cats

@riccardogemme

Жыл бұрын

More than anything we should say that Columbus discovery was more consequential. The world changed in ways unimagined.

@pm71241

Жыл бұрын

Leif Erikson actually got to North America proper. Look up "lance aux meadows"

Can you do a video about the Amazon rainforest, specifically Vale do Javari, the most unexplored part of the Amazon? Apparently the lost civilization there built its city out of wood, not stone, so we don’t see how massive it was.

@isanewday

Жыл бұрын

Leave it alone . . .

I had a buddy stationed at Thule. It's definitely not "major" lol, but it is important. The dude was so bored there, he got into collecting rocks 😆

@jeffspaulding9834

3 ай бұрын

Thule's got all kinds of amazing rocks, though. And they have lapidary equipment that anyone can use. If you're going to pick up rockhounding, Thule's the perfect place for it. Source: that's how I got into rocks. We'll be bidding on a job up there soon and I hope I get to go back. I live in the great plains - not much for rocks around here.

The most cheerful reading of the apocalypse ever.

I love how Greenland and Iceland uses geothermal energy in their systems. I wish we could use that all over. (Have you seen this huge sand battery 🔋 in Norway that currently runs a public swimming center and they are going to experiment with other methods with that energy storage source. It takes solar panels energy to convert electricity to heat the sand tower to 500° and they say you can get heat energy out of it for months before having to repower it up.)

@robertkiss7003

Жыл бұрын

Link please. Never ever read about that here in the newspapers.

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

@@robertkiss7003 If you like learning, then i 'randomly' recommend Forrest Valkai, Bluejay, Tier Zoo, Professor Dave, Sci Man Dan and Some-More-News.

@markdlondon

Жыл бұрын

Does Greenland really have geothermal resources that they use? I've only heard about Iceland with all their volcanoes. Also regarding solar I would expect they are too far North to take advantage of that as they get barely any daytime during the winter months, and the sunlight they do get is weaker than even we get through most of North America. It does seem to get plenty of wind however and could exploit that as a clean energy source.

@kraftmayo

Жыл бұрын

You do realize geothermal is all around the world right? We have it all over Canada...

@kraftmayo

Жыл бұрын

The earth is the same all around the world. If you dig deep enough. You will have access to geothermal energy lol

it's always this guy with some random topics that grab my interest somehow, keep it up

@tealc6218

Жыл бұрын

Oh they are not random trust me.

@thebigoldblue2706

Жыл бұрын

It's the topics we didn't know we needed hah

i live in stockton, ca, and that's always been my fear is flooding because we are so close to the coastline

If the ice in Iceland is somewhat fresh water constantly raising sea levels, i’m wondering why Icelanders are not selling the ice as farmland water for many countries who need it for farming & drought and also reducing rising sea levels.

@isaac5461

9 ай бұрын

@thesilencevevo9839 This is Greenland, not Iceland 😅

@thesilencevevo9839

9 ай бұрын

@isaac5461 your right but nothing green about it ...

@itsROMPERS...

8 ай бұрын

Virtually all ice is fresh water. It's partially because salt water is harder to freeze, and because most ice comes from snow which, like all precipitation, is fresh water, because it evaporates from the ocean leaving the salt behind, essentially distilled. So wherever you go you can drink melted ice if it's not contaminated with something else.

The whole "Greenland" "Iceland" gag they pulled was always hilarious to me. Climate humor is a small niche.

@_barncat

Жыл бұрын

I'd be happy if Earth froze into a giant ice ball. The sun is evil just like Republicans

@hoogreen

Жыл бұрын

XD

@therealspeedwagon1451

Жыл бұрын

It was those Vikings who wanted to keep their real base of operations a secret

@SaanMigwell

Жыл бұрын

Greenland was green when it was found. Medieval Warming period and such. Plenty of frozen viking settlements under the glacier. Also Iceland was ice, the geothermal activity didn't pick up until a few hundred years later.

@hoogreen

Жыл бұрын

@@SaanMigwell wha interesting

amazing videos. and your modern conflict series on nebula is absolutely sick! so informative and interesting. thank you for being such a great creator!

It took 11 minutes to get to the part of the video that I thought this entire video was going to be about the Topography of Greenland under the ice.

5:00 most don’t understand plant metabolism; need average temp above 40F for several days to “grow”. That is why higher altitude trees small (grow

I don't know why but arctic nature has always been one of the most fascinating things for me, even more than rainforest wildlife, because of how monotone they are, and I think they look way more beautiful and colourful than rainforests

@kimmerepic2006

Жыл бұрын

You should go there an visit. The size is so Hard to tell. You can go in the fjort. Then look over the area an think your alone. But chances are there is reindeer and other animals right beside you. It looks emty but it realy isent.

@jfcdefg

Жыл бұрын

That's beauty of life vs beauty of nature, none is more beautiful than the other, it's like yin yang, life is more fascinating tbh

Where do you source the beautiful stock footage for this channel?

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Photo i will not but i will report you

@18thshaz

Жыл бұрын

no clue

@Atheneon

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Reported

@georgeneatherly8282

Жыл бұрын

Chocolate rain

@username65585

Жыл бұрын

Read the description

Dutchie here, we are already preparing for rising sea levels. Expecting it will happen anyway. Although 7m is a lot! I am very curious what’s underneath Greenland and Antarctica from a historical perspective once it has melted and hope they can preserve what’s found in the ice. And they should leave Greenland alone or make good deals instead of shady deals. Denmark should be heavily supported by all Europe to make their own decisions.

@rabidpeanut3703

7 ай бұрын

Good for you. Way to adapt and not just despair to the conditions.

Always reminds me of Princess Bride when the little guy tells the giant "When I found you! You were UNEMPLOOYYED in GREENLAND!" Ever since then my head canon has been that giants live on Greenland.

I´m from Greenland, and seing this being so informative was amazing! Loved it as i have loved all your other vids!

@lorrainesaviano855

Жыл бұрын

Friend GR going home to VISIT soon 🤗

@ilikethecolorblue8222

Жыл бұрын

I bet your fingers fell off while typing this

@timwmyers

Жыл бұрын

Liar

@carlosvile9832

Жыл бұрын

@@ilikethecolorblue8222 LOL I doubt he is from the sheet.

@kimikanoke6060

Жыл бұрын

you are not

17:37 keep in mind, Greenland is very willingly part of Denmark. Even today. Even if it were to become financially indipendant, Greenland has stated its desire to remain part of Denmark. Both of them have good relations with eachother afterall.

@brianmessemer2973

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. The way I think of it is, the average person doesn’t know Greenland was and mostly still is a colony of Denmark. Why? Because they do a good job so there’s nothing to say about it. The “no news is good news” principle, if you will.

@ethribin4188

Жыл бұрын

@@brianmessemer2973 yep. If anything a switch will happen where people will consider Denmark part of Greenland in the future. Yet, they habe always been the same one nation.

@kbh1715

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%. Not all forms of "colonizations" are bad for the indigenous people. As much as i adore Greenland, their culture and most of all their people, Denmark, and formerly Norway is the reason they have a modern civilization today. Denmark are in no way exploiting them for their own gain. It is a fact that Greenland has benifited infinitely more from being in the kingdom, than Denmark has. infinitely

@thureintun1687

Жыл бұрын

i thought Greenland is a country

@jeffspaulding9834

3 ай бұрын

@@kbh1715 Another difference is that the Danes (well, Norse) were there first. The Inuit didn't move in until over a hundred years after Erik established the colony. So it's less of a case of "we're going to take your land away and make you second-class citizens" so much as "oh hey, you moved into this land we're not using? Guess we need to set up some government services for you, then." (There were other Inuit tribes that lived in Greenland before Erik, but the Inuit that are there now aren't related to them.)

*** Look up Camp Century, the US plans for a forward under-ice base on Greenland. Really interesting stuff, they only abandoned the idea when they realized the magnitude and speed of the Greenland Ice Sheet's movement. But for several years, we had an under ice facility there. ***

Is the melt rate higher than the freeze rate? If we are experiencing a cooling period (Maunder minimum), which appears to be happening, wont the ice in Greenland increase?

@odomisan

Жыл бұрын

They only tell us how much ice sheet is melting, but they don't tell us how much it grows. Even if the temperature goes up 3-9 degrees, but still below freezing, it will still freeze. They are counting on people getting caught on the fear mongering so they won't use their brain to think and use the title "scientist" having consensus so people don't ask questions.

@alanharrison573

Жыл бұрын

@@andresboehmwald9171 Where's your data? There is no man made global warming, but there are natural temperature cycles. The ice above Russia is increasing. And the freezing temp looks like its going to move south. Which is why Russia needs a southern port access back.

@brawndothethirstmutilator9848

Жыл бұрын

Andres Boehmwald, Maunder Minimum/Grand Solar Minimum dude. Historically there has been a short warming period immediately preceding cooling cycles. We are entering a cooling cycle.

The atmosphere has nothing to do with why it’s colder at the poles. It’s because the angle the ground is tilted at relative to sun causes the light to be spread out over a larger area

@maxdavis7722

Жыл бұрын

He said that tho.

@masterbaiter338

Жыл бұрын

Refraction 🤨

@frareanvidal

Жыл бұрын

@@maxdavis7722 he didn't say that, he said the reason it was spread out was because it had to travel a longer distance, which isn't the case

@twotakeoff

Жыл бұрын

@@frareanvidal he said that sunlight travels a longer distance through the atmosphere and is spread out through a larger surface area the further away from equator. He didn't say it was only because of the atmosphere

@RandomGamer-

Жыл бұрын

He said exactly that

Hey RealLifeLore! I've been loving your videos for a long time now, and I just want to tell you that THIS is our favorite content, along with everything else about the world itself(eg. islands, the oceans, the most remote places in the world etc.) thank you RLL we love you!!

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

I agree but he sonetimes goes off-topic

@Namelss

Жыл бұрын

@@barsukascool Yeah he litteraly took almost 10 minutes to get to the point of the title

@ZOCCOK

Жыл бұрын

@@Namelss that's the fun part. You get 3x knowledge that you came for 🔥

@Namelss

Жыл бұрын

@@ZOCCOK Yeah I’m not complaining at all but I can imagine it being a bit of an issue for some people idk

@barsukascool

Жыл бұрын

@@Namelss its not an issue for me but yes it could be for someone

That Forrest has got to be one of the most beautiful places on earth my god

Been to Summit Camp and Kanger several times. Beautiful place.

At the current rate of melting of ~300 km^3 per year, it will take approximately ten thousand years for the whole 2.85 m km^3 of ice sheet to melt. Of course the rate of melting is increasing, but we are still nowhere near to melting all of Greenland ice.

@maxluthor6800

Жыл бұрын

So nothing will change. Typical fear mongering

@yeet1337

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ChinnuWoW

Жыл бұрын

What if we nuked it? That would certainly speed up the process.

@robertbailey2284

Жыл бұрын

Also if the Gulf Stream were to alter and make Europe colder wouldn’t that just make Greenland colder as well and the ice would stop melting and start increasing again meaning the sea levels would stop rising and instead start falling again. The climate is very complicated and one system affects another in unknown ways. It’s not all going to melt and we are not in an climate emergency. Economic emergency… yes, climate emergency… no.

@Hideyoshi1991

Жыл бұрын

@@robertbailey2284 the melting ice would reveal the darker land underneath as well as potentially release more carbon into the atmosphere. And all that warm water would pool around Greenland.

Hey just want to thank you for another excellent video, I cant imagine the amount research needed to deliver such an informative clip nor the effort to keep the production as entertaining as they are.... Wow!!! Kudos to you and keep up the great work....

1: 25, the sunrays traveling thru more atmosphere is one reason for Greenland receiving less sun. The other is the steep angle the rays come in at, making them more spread out, so less of them per given area. Thanks for the Greenland information.

Greeland is the impact Crater of a asteroid which got fill by the wave water eventfully freezing it over time. Hint given in the video "land mass bowl like"

As an Australian, I object to Greenland being dubbed the "largest island on Earth." :((

@rubicon24

Жыл бұрын

Consider this: An island is a land mass that is 1. entirely surrounded by water 2. not bigger than a continent Since Australia is already a continent, it fails to meet criterion 2. This arbitrary definition is necessary to demarcate where islands end and continents begin. Because if we ignore (2), what are continents if not ginormous islands?

@gfdthree1

Жыл бұрын

As a North American I object too.

@bengrin7822

Жыл бұрын

@Neodymium we are an island continent

@Ujabuja

Жыл бұрын

All land on Earth is an island since it is all surrounded by water ;)

@cinefreak2307

Жыл бұрын

The difference between Greenland and Australia is that Australia has its own plate tectonic. In fact, it is the core land mass of its plate, therefor, it is a continent. Greenland is an island because it is not the main body of land mass of the North American plate.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the meteor that landed on Greenland around 50,000 years ago, or the guy who found the meteor and turned it into some cool arrows. It's really kind of a bizarre story.

@ashen3950

Жыл бұрын

I got this wacky ability which allows me to stop time! ain't that crazy?

Our narrator is what you get when you combine Carl Sagan with the navage guy.

Honestly, (although dane so bias might apply) pretty good run down of the facts :D A bit harsh to call it a colony, as "colony" is usually connotated with exploitation - but then again. The only reason it wasn't was because it's a fcking hunk of ice and we already had Iceland at that point (which is green and has a lot of resources thanks to geothermal activity).

Dude your voice sounds so much different than your older videos, weirdly relaxing and nostalgic to me. Im just typing this like 15 seconds into the video so im gonna finish it now but keep up the grewat work, I've been interested in your content for years and I've never been bored of a single video. Your ability to entertain while teaching about the most niche shit is awe inspiring and drives my curiousity!

Greenland is such an underrated country

@mar754

Жыл бұрын

Not a country, it's a part of Denmark. But I am all for independence!

@Thesamurai1999

Жыл бұрын

@@mar754 Ain't gonna happen.

@markmh835

Жыл бұрын

@@mar754 -- Greenland is a part of the Danish Realm but not a part of the country of Denmark. Big difference.

@Sander00

Жыл бұрын

Greenland belongs to Norway

@wilson3664

Жыл бұрын

@@Sander00 ? No

the biggest thing about Greenland is the wealth in the ground . it is phenomenal . the only problem is it has to be collected with consideration of the land , not just destroy the island .

@John_Redcorn_

Жыл бұрын

Kinda hard to destroy a wasteland.

@phil-zz5hk

Жыл бұрын

@@John_Redcorn_ it is still a land of extreme beauty . one of the few places in the world that is still natural .

@nieczerwony

Жыл бұрын

For me the biggest wealth and good are all primal, preserved plants, animals, etc. Land never touched by humanoid creatures.

Good keep it that way I’m so tired and my heart is heavy from people putting wild life out

I absolutely love this channel. Well done brotha. Keep it up, I look forward to learning from your work

@thebigoldblue2706

Жыл бұрын

This channel is my favorite channel of all time!

Hello from Ireland! As always, amazing content. You have more subscribers than the population of my country, that's insane!!! Congrats!!!

I know I'm late to this video but you mentioned that Greenland was ice free at least once in the past million years and before that period it was covered with ice. My question is was there a similar rise in sea level last time the ice sheet melted and when an ice sheet reformed would there have been an equal reduction of sea levels due to that? Also would I be correct in thinking that this melting would be occurring without human activity but that human activity is accelerating what is an inevitable cycle on the planet?

Greenland:hi north kores North k:nuuk? North k:NUUK! GIVE ME YOUR NUUK

I love the longer videos! Been watching RLL since 1m subs and love to see how far you've come over the years. Congrats on 6 mil!!

@majesticuncasual186

Жыл бұрын

I love all his old stuff but after being off of KZread for a year or so, he seems like a Globalist Shill now. I'll stay subscribed, but without the bell notifications. Focusing more on the older videos I missed. Used to love his work but he must have been given an offer he can't refuse.

The problem with rare earth isnt finding them its the dificulty in extracting them with out too much environmental damage

@GEEZYEA777

Жыл бұрын

and one simple fuck up can have locals stressed over that damage

@verafleck

Жыл бұрын

And as we know, they usually don't give a thought on that, and try to bend laws at their will.

@bustavonnutz

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the US could continue being the #1 extractor but they'd rather the chinese ruin their own environment instead.

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

Yah... kinda like what was need to create your computer... geez... u r all such hypocrites...

I think the central valley could probably defend themselves by putting up a large dike at the mouth of the san Joaquin river. They already are using almost all the water in their watershed for agriculture, so pumping water out wouldn't be a problem.

but if the centre of this land has been pushed to below sea level then it will be just a big lake surrounded by mountains