two Kayakers among icebergs in Disko Bay

Greenland's melting ice may affect everyone's future

NASA scientists are trying to understand how this region is responding to climate change—and how that will influence sea levels around the world.

Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland.

Photograph by Michael Melford, Nat Geo Image Collection

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