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One interesting thing about Greenland is that climate change is making it increasingly rich in a resource that’s rapidly getting scarce elsewhere on the planet:
by Sharlin 7y ago
One interesting thing about Greenland is that climate change is making it increasingly rich in a resource that’s rapidly getting scarce elsewhere on the planet: sand. To be precise, the sort of sand that’s useful for making concrete and asphalt.
- xchaotic 7y agoquality sand is incredibly abundant and cheap everywhere I lived. It wouldn't be economically feasible to export sand from Greenland.
- Sharlin 7y agoMaybe everywhere you have lived. Meanwhile, they're already exporting sand from Australia to places like Saudi Arabia. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/01/climate/greenland-glacier-melting-sand.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/01/climate/green...