ALT The oceans take in an estimated 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year. To make sense of this contribution to protecting us against climate change, let’s picture it in terms of familiar Greenlandic animals. Imagine the vastness of the ocean acting like giant lungs, breathing in CO2 emissions equivalent to the combined weight of over 6.7 billion narwhals, 25 billion musk oxen or 20 trillion ptarmigans! The sea ice is changing. This also changes the way of life for Greenlandic people. The old paths across the sea ice might disappear, and the animals might move to new places or become harder to find. These changes lead people to ask many questions about the future. The ocean may hold some answers. Greenland might not have large trees due to its icy landscape, but it is home to lush coastal marine forests of kelp and seaweed (macroalgae). These marine forests are expanding their range into new areas with ice loss.

ALT Kulstoffi tungujortoq tassaavoq CO2, imarpissuit uumasoqatigiiaavinik, tassa naasut alliartornerinut immallu naqqani toquliornernut akuliussuunnerminut silaannarsuarmiit peerneqartartoq. Kulstoffip annersaa qaqugumorsuaq kangerluit immallu naqqinut pisarpoq uterteqqinneqarnerlu ajorluni. Kulstoffi tungujortoq sumi katersorneqartarpa? Kulstoffi (CO2) ukiumut 10 millioninik tonsinik annertussuseqartoq imarpinnik iineqartarpoq. Silap allanngoriartorneranut tamatuma qanoq annertutigisumik iluaqutaatiginera paasinerussagunarparput ilisarnartunik assersuuteqarutta. Takorluulaariaruk imarpissuit puarujussuusut, silannarsuarmiit CO2 -mik iijoraasut, iijoragaasa annertussusaasa assigiinnarpaat qilalukkat 6,7 milliardtit missaannik amerlassusillit, umimmaat 25 milliardtit imaluunniit aqissit 20 billionit amerlatigisut oqimaaqatigigaat! Immap sikua allanngoriartorpoq. Sikullu allanngoriartornera ilutigalugu kalaallit inooriaasitoqaat aamma allanngussaaq. Immap sikuani ingerlaarfitoqqat tammar