NASA Finds What a Glacier’s Slope Reveals About Future Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning
As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise…
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Newly Discovered Greenland Hot Rock Mantle Plume Drives Thermal Activities in the Arctic
A team of researchers understands more about the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. They discovered a flow of hot rocks, known as a mantle…
Scientists Find “Knickpoints” in Greenland That Can Stop Spread of Glacial Thinning
The jagged terrain of Greenland’s mountains is protecting some of the island’s outlet glaciers from warm coastal waters, according to a team of researchers that…
Researchers Investigate Giant Holes in Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers climbed into moulins, which drain meltwater from the ice sheet, to better understand how volume relates to ice movement. Holes that carry surface meltwater…
A 1,000 km Long River May Be Flowing Deep Below Greenland’s Ice Sheet
Computational models suggest that melting water originating in the deep interior of Greenland could flow the entire length of a subglacial valley and exit at…
Secrets of the Past: Huge Ancient Lake Bed Discovered Deep Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Inaccessible for now, unique site may hold secrets of past. Scientists have detected what they say are the sediments of a huge ancient lake bed…
Greenland’s Retreating Glaciers: NASA Details Physical Transformation of Over 200 Coastal Glaciers
Details about the physical transformation of over 200 of the island’s coastal glaciers are documented in a new study, in which the authors anticipate environmental…
“Yet Another Wake-Up Call” – Greenland on Track to Lose Ice Faster Than in Any Century Over the Last 12,000 Years
The research places the ice sheet’s modern decline in historical context, providing a robust look at how this century’s losses could starkly outpace prior changes….
“Worst-Case Climate Scenario” – Ice Sheets in Greenland and Antarctica Loss Rates Rapidly Increasing
A recent report confirms that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, whose mass-loss rates have been rapidly increasing, are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
Greenland Ice Sheet Already Reached Tipping Point 20 Years Ago
At the turn of the 21st century, unbeknownst to the world, the Greenland ice sheet likely entered a state of sustained mass loss that will…
NASA Research Reveals the True Causes of Sea Level Rise Since 1900
Scientists have gained new insights into the processes that have driven ocean level variations for over a century, helping us prepare for the rising seas…
Grim Global Warming Milestone: Record Loss of Greenland Ice in 2019 – 532 Billion Tons
After a brief period of moderate ice loss, the Greenland ice sheet melted in 2019 at the fastest rate ever measured. Greenland set a new…
Soft Coral Garden Discovered in Greenland’s Deep Sea Using an Innovative Video Camera
A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters by scientists from UCL, ZSL and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, using an…
Greenland – Exploring the World’s Largest Island From Space
Northwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Lying in the North Atlantic Ocean, Greenland is the world’s largest…
NASA’s ICESat-2 Mission Maps 16 Years of Melting Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, a team of scientists led by the University of Washington has made…
16 Years of Ice Sheet Loss Mapped by Most Advanced Earth-Observing Laser NASA Has Ever Flown in Space
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019. Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser…
Record Greenland Ice Loss in 2019 Driven by Unusually Clear Skies
Last year was one of the worst years on record for the Greenland ice sheet, which shrunk by hundreds of billions of tons. According to…
NASA Satellites Track How Quickly the Poles Are Melting – Greenland Lost 600 Billion Tons of Ice in 2 Months
GRACE, GRACE-FO Satellite Data Track Ice Loss at the Poles Greenland and Antarctica are melting — but how quickly and which areas are most affected?…
