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In 1374, famines struck what is now Spain, Italy, and France. The culprit? The North Atlantic jet stream, a river of fast-moving air that flows from North America to Europe, had shifted north. The jet stream carries moisture-laden storm clouds, and without them, southern Europe was left dry, and crops…

Once a raging tropical cyclone, the remnants of Hurricane Larry have transformed into a howling winter storm. After pummeling the coast of Newfoundland last week, and then careening east across the northern Atlantic, Larry brushed past the southeastern coast of Greenland during the last few days—a rare feat for a…

Greenland’s ice sheet is second only to Antarctica’s in size—and it’s in grave danger. In the past month, its highest point saw the first rain since humans began monitoring the ice sheet in the 1980s, and experienced a rare post-tropical cyclone that pummeled the same spot with wind and multiple…

Ice capped and snow-covered mountains of coastal west Greenland. (April 2015). Credit: Matthew Osman © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Greenland may be best known for its enormous continental scale ice sheet that soars up to 3,000 meters above sea level, whose rapid melting is a leading contributor to global sea…

STORM'S PATH - Where is Hurricane Larry now? 17:32, 11 Sep 2021Updated: 17:32, 11 Sep 2021HURRICANE Larry has been downgraded from its hurricane status as the storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, continues to move north. Though the storm may still bring snow, it's not likely to be the blizzard originally…

Life 9 September 2021 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre A grenadier fish swimming along undisturbed sea floor near an anemone ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Sponges and corals living in newly discovered underwater fields and meadows are at risk of destruction as they are continuously raked over by halibut fishing boats off the…

Greenland may be best known for its enormous continental scale ice sheet that soars up to 3,000 meters above sea level, whose rapid melting is a leading contributor to global sea level rise. But surrounding this massive ice sheet, which covers 79% of the world's largest island, is Greenland's rugged…

Edge › Africa › Culture Akon’s futuristic city plans might have hit a snag as locals express disappointment about the pace of the project. Oluwapelumi Adejumo · September 7, 2021 at 5:00 am UTC · 2 min read A little over a year ago, Senegalese-born songwriter Akon proposed to build…

Home » Energy » Rain on Greenland Summit is a First Rain fell on the highest part of Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record. Greenland’s ice sheet is the world’s second-largest after Antarctica’s. Greenland icemelt has caused around 25% of global sea level rise seen…

A study led by Princeton University researchers found that as meltwater lakes on the surface of Greenland’s ice sheet (pictured) rapidly drain, they create water blisters between the ice and the bedrock that scientists could use to understand the hydrological network below Greenland’s thick inland ice sheet. These networks could…