"Nestled between icy peaks and lapped in frozen ocean waters, the tiny town of Tasiilaq in southeastern Greenland is home to some 2,000 people.

Colorful wooden houses dot the sub-Arctic landscape battered by one of the harshest climates on the planet.

But global warming is reshaping the world's largest island, causing the ice sheet to melt at a faster rate than previously thought, according to recent research."

Maria Caspani reports for Reuters January 10, 2019, with photography by Lucas Jackson. [2]