In June Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, the world’s largest island had experienced a record warmth at 76.5 degrees Fahrenheit or 24.7 degrees Celsius.

That day it was warmer in Nuuk, Greenland than it was in New York City at 71 degrees Fahrenheit or 21.6 degrees Celsius.

The record warmth in Greenland has caused the ice-melt season to fast-forward, and global warming is poised to unearth what wasonce buried.

In 1967, the US decommissioned a military base called “Camp Century,” constructed underneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, but left the rest of the hazardous waste there, assumed would be buried forever beneath an unending deepening snow cover.

Studies showed given the steady advance of the melt zone in Greenland, that the melting ice sheet could begin spreading the hazardous waste across the surface of the ice sheet and into the ocean in as little as 75 years from now or before the end of the century.

According to the Geophysical Research Letters, the most significant threat to the Arctic environment from the  buried waste are polychlorinated biphenyls or PCB which do not break down naturally in the environment but can build up in plants and animals potentially causing cancer in humans.

As ice melts and ecosystems change in reaction to the warming climate, the world is confronted with disasters and unexpected pollution predicaments around the globe.

Could the US figure out how to manage the waste problem at Camp Century?

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Tidbits:

World Vision, one of the largest humanitarian aid organizations in the world unknowingly funded Hamas Terrorists. A Hamas operative infiltrated the relief agency acting as manager and siphoned off more than $40 million to the terrorist organization.

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“If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln

By Edgar Allan J. Tac-an