Glaciated Landscape- Greenland

Question 1

Environmental value

Answer 1

• Supports biodiversity:
such as the artic fox, polar bear and over 700 species & plants major impact on water cycle as it contans around 10% of total ice mass globally →if the whole of Greenland was to met sea-levels would rise by 7m
• feedbacks cycles:
Ice has high albedo so it reflects more solar radiation than land, howerer curcent ice loss n Greenland is reducing surface dab atbedo increasing de anount a solar radiation absorbed and further increasing temperatures (positive feedback ayde)

Question 2

Cultural value:

Answer 2

tradinonal life style for de people in Greeniend (Greenicadic inuit)
•involes hunting, fishing and herding
- however, they are threatened by moden culture which has led to hunting limits for most species
• however, indigenous people still aim to pass on their traditional knowledge, skills and naive languages to deir youager generation

Scientific research
“made up as layers of mow and ice that fomed oner millions of yeas age which can provide informason about cumate and envionmental changes oner le past 800,000 years

Question 3

Economic value

Answer 3

• hydroelectic power:
-due to high levels g meltwater, provides huge potential for hydroelecte pover
- Greenland is thought to have the world’s biggest unexploited hydropower capacity.

natural resources in Greenland:
as ice retreats, it reveals highly valuable deposits of al, gas and minerals
•as much as 500 tonnes of gold in te countey

Tourism
Tourism has led to increasing numbers of cruise lines, total of 84000
Cruise tourists in 2019

Question 4

Threats?

Answer 4

• Climate change:
rapid warming causing matting of the Greenland Ice sheet. contributing to ising sea levels
• mising cod miseral exploitation:
nich in maneras leadrg to exploitaron, can lead to pollution and habitat destrucaos
a has potential to become woads largest praduces of rare earthe evements (Urarin)
• Tovason:
• Leade to degradation a fragie ecosystems and polution of natural creas •coctibutes towends 8l of Greeniends GOP

Overfishing:
impacts macise ecostens induang Me depletion os fish stocks and destruction of marine habitats
especially the Atlantic cod in Greenland