The technology uses a mix of fiber-optic cables and laser pulses to gain precise temperature readings from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet all the way down to the bottom, offering a clearer ...

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It's ...

A research plane flies over the Greenland ice sheet. A team of NASA scientists deploys advanced radar technology to map the ice dimensionally. Images of an abandoned military station emerge ...

Greenland’s vast ice sheet, a critical component of Earth’s climate system, is melting at a pace that has alarmed scientists and policymakers alike. The sheer scale of ice loss in recent years ...

Left: Map showing areas of Greenland undergoing surface melt on 24 July 2022 and line graph showing the percentage of ice sheet area seeing surface melt on each day of 2022 (blue line), ending on 24 ...

An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records.

New research published Tuesday says that because of global warming, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting fast – and being replaced by vegetation. Parts of Greenland are becoming green again for ...

It's getting hotter in Greenland, and last weekend temperatures rose enough to cause 18 billion tons of the country's ice sheet to melt over three days. Scientists have warned about the ...

The findings in the journal Nature Climate Change project that it is now inevitable that 3.3 percent of the Greenland ice sheet will melt — equal to 110 trillion tons of ice, the researchers said.

During one of the warm periods within the last 1.1 million years, the center, not just the edges, of Greenland's massive ice sheet melted away, new research has found, giving way to a dry and ...

She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at [email protected] Greenland's ice sheet is melting faster than scientists previously estimated, according to a study ...