Greenland

A recent satellite image of the southwestern portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet shows the existence of cerulean blue pockmarks — phenomena that provide scientists with a worrying message about sea-level rise and the risk of massively consequential changes in ocean behavior. Why it matters: The melt ponds, rivers and…

Home News Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland. (Image credit: Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland's ice sheet for the first time in recorded history, heightening concerns about the already precarious condition of its ice. An unprecedented 7 billion tons (6.3 billion metric tons) of…

Rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record. Temperatures are normally well below freezing on the 3,216-metre (10,551ft) peak, and the precipitation is a stark sign of the climate crisis. Scientists at the US National Science Foundation’s summit station saw rain…

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The highest point of Greenland saw rain instead of snow for the first time on record. A climate scientist told Insider rain at the summit could amplify Greenland's contribution to rising sea levels. One study found rising sea levels threaten hundreds of millions of people on coastlines worldwide. Loading Something…

You may have seen the headlines back in July: Thanks to a heat wave, enough ice melted during one day in Greenland to cover Florida in two inches of water. Based on those headlines, you may have gotten the impression that the island's ice sheet had gone into a death…

A mineral exploration company backed by billionaires like Jeffrey Bezos, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg signed an agreement with Bluejay Mining to search for electric vehicle metals in Greenland.  The company, KoBold Metals, uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to search for raw materials, Reuters reports. Kobold will pay $15…

Vendors move their belongings in a flooded area on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad on August 4, 2021, as the water levels of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers rise after monsoon rains. AFP PHOTO BANGKOK: The number of people exposed to floods worldwide has surged almost a…

A Greenland glacier meets the ocean. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This week, NASA's airborne Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission begins its final survey of glaciers that flow from Greenland into the ocean. OMG is completing a six-year mission that is helping to answer how fast sea level is going to rise in…

Home News Ice receding from a glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. This photo was taken during a helicopter tour of the region with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in May 2021. (Image credit: Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.) Greenland's enormous ice sheet has been struck by a "massive melting event,"…