URBAN BRIDGE
REGENERATING ICE SHEET
Introduction
City Facts & Statistics: Location: Greenland, Denmark. Population: 300,000 people Population Density: 57.361 people / km2 Approximate Average Building Height: 800 meters Approx. Height of Tallest Buildings: 930 meters
“Our vision for Urban bridge: regenerating ice sheet is to create independent urban habitats in Greenland that include technical functions to slow down ice melting.”
The world faced the complex patterns representing the natural environment were collapsed, climate is changing at a rate exceeding most scientific forecasts; arctic sea-ice is disappearing at a stunning rate, oceans warming, air pollution and climate change were caught in a self- boosting loop. Global warming was becoming irreversible and worse. Levels in Arctic and Antarctica raised to an unprecedented number in 4 million years. The problem with human-induced climate change is that it is occurring at a much faster than natural climate. Therefore, we grasped the urge to take action. Our vision for Urban bridge: regenerating ice sheet is to create independent urban habitats in Greenland that include technical functions to slow down ice melting. On Earth, the only continent where the ice cap polar climate is predominant is Antarctica. The Arctic is a vast polar region comprising the northern most parts of Canada, Norway, Greenland (Denmark), Sweden, Finland, the United States (Alaska), Iceland and Russia. The northernmost part of the Eurasian land mass, from the extreme northeastern coast of Scandinavia and eastwards to the Bering Strait, large areas of northern Siberia and northern Iceland have tundra climate as well. Large areas in northern Canada and northern Alaska have tundra climate, changing to ice cap climate in the most northern parts of Canada. (see Figure A.1).
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Figure A.1. Polar / Tundra Terrain Image.
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Sea level is rising, in part, because melting glaciers on land are adding more water to Earth’s oceans. Glaciers – large sheets of ice and snow – exist on land all year long. They are found in the mountains of every continent except Australia. Greenland and Antarctica contain giant ice sheets that are also considered glaciers. As temperatures rise, glaciers melt faster than they accumulate new snow. As these ice sheets and glaciers melt, the water eventually runs into the ocean, causing sea level to rise.
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When sea levels rise rapidly, as they have been doing, even a small increase can have devastating effects on coastal habitats. When large storms hit land, higher sea levels mean bigger, more powerful storm surges that can strip away everything in their path, as shown in Figure A.2.
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Figure A.2. Research in World Scale Image Above.
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