Greenland

Companies are considering a major geoengineering project that would build a barrier to block warm seawater from reaching the base of Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland Environment 21 October 2022 By Rowan Hooper Satellite image of Jakobshavn glacier, Greenland, in 2019 NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens/U.S. Geological Survey Major engineering companies are…

An international body recently banned the Greenland shark from intentional catch and bycatch in international waters. The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) made the decision in September. Shark Advocates International President Sonja Fordham told Mongabay: “It was a long time coming, but not a long time in the life of…

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…