Hidden treasures

The melting of the Arctic is both a blessing and a curse THE Arctic’s glaciers, including those of Greenland’s vast ice cap, are retreating (see map above). The land is thawing: the area covered by snow in June is roughly a fifth less than in the 1960s. The permafrost is shrinking. Alien plants, birds, fish and animals are creeping north and some Arctic species will probably die out. As our special report shows in detail, the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Arctic governments are starting to see a bonanza in the melt. See full Article.