Greenland

Climate change is resulting in sea level rise as ice on land melts and oceans expand. How much and how fast sea levels will rise in the near future will depend, in part, on the frequency of glacier calving events. These occur when large chunks of ice detach from glaciers…

Meltwater from Greenland churns the ocean, speeding the loss of glaciers like stirring ice cubes in a glass of water Jagged blue ice face of Eqip Glacier along Disko Bay on summer afternoon, Ilulissat, Greenland. Credit: Paul Souders/Getty Images The Greenland ice sheet may be even more sensitive to the…

Updated / Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 07:23 An aerial view of meltwater lakes formed at the Russell Glacier in Greenland in August this year A new study of the melting of vast ice sheets, which once covered Ireland over 20,000 years ago could have implications for understanding how glaciers and…

Greenland is experiencing a record heatwave, forcing polar bears to wander further for food. - Copyright AFP/File EVARISTO SA With the help of high-resolution satellite observations, scientists detail the unique pattern of sea level change linked to the Greenland ice sheet. Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets…

Remember, back in 2019, when Donald Trump asked his lawyers to look into buying Greenland like it was a storefront in Midtown he was going to turn into a 7/11? And then, after Denmark, which Greenland is part of, unsurprisingly declined, deeming the idea “absurd,” Trump threw a massive hissy…

New research based on an expedition to the icy waters off Greenland reveals high levels of antifreeze proteins in a species of tiny snailfish, underlying the importance of this unique adaptation to life in sub-zero temperatures. The U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study, led by scientists at the American Museum of…

CLIMATEWIRE | Ominous clouds rippled overhead, and scientist Jason Box raced to reach shelter before the rain hit. Box, a glaciologist with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, had been camping with colleagues on the Greenland ice sheet last Friday when the weather began to turn. As the team rushed…

That sediment is special, indeed. Desert sand from, say, the Sahara is no good for making concrete because it’s too rounded and uniform. Over millennia, winds push those grains around, polishing them. If you make concrete out of such sand, “it's almost like building with marbles,” says Bendixen. “You want…

Greenland’s melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches, twice as much as previous estimates, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. That’s even if everyone stopped burning fossil fuels today. Researchers used a new method to calculate Greenland’s minimum…

I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A mile-wide section of glacier front has fractured and is collapsing into the ocean, calving an immense iceberg. Seracs, giant columns of ice the height of three-story houses, are being tossed around…