Atlas highlights warming of the Earth

THE new edition of the Times Comprehensive Atlas Of The World has turned an area of Greenland the size of Britain and Ireland “green”, as it charts the retreat of once-permanent ice cover.

Cartographers have had to erase 15% of the ice on the world’s largest island in the 13th edition of the atlas, reflecting the retreat of Greenland’s glaciers in the past 12 years in face of a warming climate.

They have also included a new island off the coast of Greenland, named “Warming Island” (Uunartoq Qeqertoq), which has appeared as a separate piece of land several miles long as the ice melts and is large enough to be shown on the map.