Greenland

This early Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 file photo shows an aerial view of large Icebergs floating as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. Felipe Dana/The Associated Press Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the…

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Home News Climate scientist Konrad Steffen stands on the ice in Greenland in 2008. (Image: © Jim Kastengren/CIRES and CU Boulder) Konrad Steffen, a world-renowned climate scientist, died  at the age of 68 on Saturday (Aug. 8) in an accident in Greenland.Steffen, the Director of the Swiss Federal Institute for…

Icebergs near Greenland form from ice that has broken off--or calved--from glaciers on the island. A new study shows that the glaciers are losing ice rapidly enough that, even if global warming were to stop, Greenland's glaciers would continue to shrink. Credit: Michalea King Nearly 40 years of satellite data…

Doyle Rice   | USA TODAY Sea ice is frozen ocean water that melts each summer, then refreezes each winter.The amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic has been steadily shrinking over the past few decades.Antarctic sea ice extent remains below average levels as it climbs towards its seasonal maximum.The…

A team of scientists from Europe, the United States, Canada, South Korea, Greenland and China has produced the most detailed depth map of the Arctic Ocean to date. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0. Image credit: Jakobsson et al, doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9. The new map, named the…

A team of scientists from Europe, the United States, Canada, South Korea, Greenland and China has produced the most detailed depth map of the Arctic Ocean to date. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0. Image credit: Jakobsson et al, doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9. The new map, named the…

Caribou grazing on vegetation near an Arctic mosquito pond in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Credit: Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season in Greenland. June and July marks the period when Arctic mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes) are in peak abundance, buzzing about the tundra. While Arctic mosquitoes serve as an important food source to…

GENEVA - The World Health Organization chief on Thursday rejected as false an allegation by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that he owed his position to a deal with China. Pompeo told a private meeting of MPs on Tuesday that the WHO had become a "political" body, alleging that…

IMAGE: Caribou grazing on vegetation near an Arctic mosquito pond in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. view more  Credit: Photo by Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season in Greenland. June and July marks the period when Arctic mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes) are in peak abundance, buzzing about the tundra. While Arctic mosquitoes serve as an…