Greenland

NASA satellites bearing advanced laser technology have recorded the most accurate picture of large scale ice sheet melting in Greenland and Antarctica to date.Key points:NASA satellites help scientists track Greenland and Antarctica’s contribution to sea level riseMelting Antarctic ice shelves lead to glaciers flowing into the seaMore research is needed…

IMAGE: Using data from the ICESat and ICESat-2 laser altimeters, scientists precisely measured how much ice has been lost from ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland between 2003 and 2019. The... view more  Credit: : NASA / K. Ramsayer Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in…

IMAGE: Keisling arriving for fieldwork in Northeast Greenland at the East Greenland Ice Core Project (EGRIP) camp during his GROW Fellowship to the Centre for Ice and Climate. view more  Credit: Credit: B Keisling. Boulder, Colo., USA: Buried a mile beneath Greenland's thick ice sheet is a network of canyons so…

The recent announcement from the State Department that it would provide a $12.1 million aid package for Greenland is a welcome development.  It demonstrates that the United States is finally looking at the U.S.-Greenland relationship beyond only security issues. According to State Department officials, “the aid will go to developing…

Greenland on Thursday said it had accepted an offer of $12.1 million in funds from the US for civilian projects in its massive and coveted Arctic territory. The money would primarily be used for projects that will "benefit the economic development of Greenland," the territory's government said in a statement,…

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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Humeyra PamukCOPENHAGEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced a $12.1 million economic aid package for Greenland on Thursday aimed at strengthening mutual ties and boosting a renewed U.S. push for a greater military presence in the Arctic.The move to improve ties with Greenland drew some criticism…

The mollusc Leptogyra bujnitzkii appeared in a biological collection in Russia thanks to the legendary Arctic drift that began on 23 October 1937. Credit: SPbU The mollusk Leptogyra bujnitzkii first appeared in a biological collection in Russia thanks to the legendary Arctic drift that began on 23 October 1937. Three…

While the US proposition to lend Greenland a helping hand hit a sore spot in Denmark and was called “unheard” of and even “reprehensible”, the reactions in Greenland were much warmer.As long as the exact conditions of the financial help from Washington are unknown, there is no reason to reject…

Dr Jenny Clack, FRS, vertebrate palaeontologist, died on 26 March, aged 72."A defining stage in vertebrate evolution was the origin of tetrapods, the limbed vertebrates, some 380m years ago. Remarkable discoveries in East Greenland in 1987 by Jenny Clack, who has died aged 72 from cancer, transformed our understanding of…