Greenland Ice Cap is now the largest contributor to global sea level rise — but why?
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...
Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000
Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them ...
Greenland’s Big Moment
Ignored for most of its existence, the huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom. It’s trying to ...
Polar vortex makes much of US colder than Greenland, but warmth is coming. Then more cold
The polar vortex’s icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.
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Resilient algae may speed up Greenland ice melt
New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.
Greenland's rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract
Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that the U.S. will control the ...
How satellites revolutionised climate change science
From space, scientists can track everything from sea levels or greenhouse gases to infectious bacteria or water stored ...
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The world’s glaciers have shrunk more than 5 per cent since 2000
An analysis of more than 270,000 glaciers worldwide has found that they lost more than 7 trillion tonnes of ice since 2000, ...
Resilient algae darken glacier surface and may speed up Greenland ice melt, study finds
Glaciers are huge white ice masses that can reflect a lot of sunlight. However, especially where the glaciers are not covered ...
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World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study finds
A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that ...
Earth's glaciers are melting so rapidly they release 273 BILLION tonnes of ice into the ocean every year, study warns
An international team of scientists says Earth's glaciers are vanishing so fast they now release 273 billion tonnes of ice ...
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Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland ice sheet
Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snow line recedes, raising concerns of a feedback loop that could lead to faster sea level rise ...