New analysis of sediments from the Camp Century ice core reveals that northwestern Greenland was ice-free during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11 interglacial period….
Seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near the junction of two large outlet glaciers. Summer can be harsh on the planet’s…
Warm weather caused substantial melting in June and July 2023, especially on the southern portion of the island. More than halfway through the 2023 melting…
Scientists report much of the Artic island’s ice melted as recently as 416,000 years ago, which has implications for sea-level rise. Newly analyzed samples from…
Long-lost ice core reveals that most of Greenland was green 416,000 years ago. A large portion of Greenland was an ice-free tundra landscape—perhaps covered by…
Decades of retreat are visible from above, but harder-to-see changes below the waterline could also affect this iconic glacier’s future. Petermann Glacier is one of…
Study suggests extent of future sea level rise could be vastly underestimated. New research has found that the grounding line of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier shifts…
Atmospheric rivers contribute to the acceleration of glacial melting in northern Greenland, as warming conditions caused by these moisture flows result in meltwater pools and…
Greenland’s ice is abundant with life, both above and below its surface. Until recently, science was unaware of the existence of certain microscopic organisms living…
The past decade has seen the worst years for polar ice sheet melting, with 2019 being the record year. Ice sheet melting now accounts for…
Once we emit about 1000 gigatons of carbon, much of the massive ice sheet will melt irreversibly. We’ve emitted 500 gigatons so far. The Greenland…
The Liverpool Land peninsula, on the east coast of Greenland, is featured in this satellite image from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2. The peninsula is…
A study published in Nature Communications today (February 14) by an international team of scientists shows that an irreversible loss of the West Antarctic and…
A recent scientific study, based on updated ice core data, reveals that the high temperatures in central and northern Greenland are unprecedented when compared to…
Greenland’s fjords harbor a unique group of polar bears that rely on glacial ice, a NASA-funded research study reported on June 16, 2022, in the…
Parallel ice ridges, a common feature on Jupiter’s moon Europa, are found on Greenland’s ice sheet – and could bode well for Europa’s potential habitability….
Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater, a 31 km-wide meteorite crater buried under a kilometer of Greenlandic ice. The dating…
The world’s second-largest ice sheet is melting from the bottom up – and generating huge amounts of heat from hydropower. Researchers have observed extremely high…
