Greenland

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday. That's because of something that could be called zombie ice. That's doomed ice that, while still…

The Greenland Ice Sheet is on course to lose hundreds of trillions metric tons of ice and contribute close to a foot in average global sea level rise through 2100, regardless of the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions cuts during the period, glaciologists found in a new study published Monday.…

BEIJING -- One of the world’s few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland, opening an avenue for diversifying supplies of the minerals critical for advanced and green technologies. Rare earths are a group of minerals used in the manufacture of electric vehicles, wind…

Fornal poses in NYC's icy Hudson River. For the real arctic swim, he used a full wetsuit. Photo: galyamorrell.com Last week, TV personality Justin Fornal couldn’t boat through the ice to Canada to begin his swim back to Greenland. Instead, he did a much shorter swim off the Greenland coast.…

ByAndrew Bisharat Published August 18, 2022 • 15 min read Battling loose rock, sub-freezing temperatures, and sudden storms, two of the world’s most celebrated rock climbers, Alex Honnold and Hazel Findlay, completed a notable first ascent of one of the world’s tallest monoliths, a remote 3,750-foot rock wall in eastern…

Home News A juvenile snailfish imaged under white light. (Image credit: John Sparks and David Gruber) Scientists drilling deep into an iceberg off Greenland have discovered a fish with glowing green antifreeze coursing through its veins. The juvenile variegated snailfish (Liparis gibbus) contained the "highest expression levels" of antifreeze proteins…

Greenland’s variegated snailfish produces antifreeze proteins that stop large ice crystal formation, keeping the animal’s blood like a slushie, instead of frozen solid Life 16 August 2022 By Corryn Wetzel A juvenile variegated snailfish J. Sparks, D. Gruber The variegated snailfish produces soaring levels of antifreeze proteins, which help the…

The eastern two-thirds of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet so large that if it melted the sea would rise by 52 metres. Most scientists had once thought this ice sheet was largely invulnerable to climate change, but not anymore. And our new research, published in Nature, reveals the…

For the first time ever, a Greenland shark — that up until now scientists had thought lived only in Arctic waters — was recently spotted near a Caribbean reef. Florida International University doctoral candidate Devanshi Kasana was on a tiger shark tagging trip in waters off Belize when she and local…

Home News The shark looks like a Greenland shark but was released before a genetic sample could be collected. (Image credit: Devanshi Kasana/FIU) A strange, ancient-looking shark with blue eyes was unexpectedly discovered in the tropical waters of the Caribbean when it was hooked by Belizean fishers and a biologist…