The fact that over 80 percent of a landmass, more than a fifth the size of the United States, is covered in ice and is still called Greenland has been a source of frequent puzzlement for many, who wonder at the misnomer.
I don't wonder because it was not a misnomer at the time the Vikings discovered it around 980 A.D.
Medieval Warm Period ring a bell?
Add an enthusiastic Viking 'real estate developer' by the name of Eric Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red), Lief Erikson's father as well. Easier to get settlers if the name does not have 'ice' in it, besides, Iceland was already taken!
OK, here I go. I’m no expert, but this is what I hear. You probably know it, too.
The earth does not orbit the sun in a circle, but has an elliptical orbit. Sometime the earth is closer and sometime farther from the sun. Then the earth itself tilts, so that sometimes the north pole is closer and sometimes the south pole is closer to the sun. Hence climate change.
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take care of our environment.
Geologist, correct me?