Tag: greenland

Researchers find giant viruses that may regulate algae growth, potentially reducing ice melt.

It's formed by soil and rock left behind by glaciers.

Another worrying sign of the climate crisis

Greenland is much hotter than normally.

It raises the possibility that other melting glaciers are behaving the same way.

Researchers find million-year-old plants in frozen ice core.

That’s a high margin of error.

Sounds like a long time, but we have our work cut out for ourselves.

The lake bed could be millions of years old, formed at a time when Greenland was still green.

This is enough to raise global sea levels 2.2 millimeters in two months.

This rate is in line with the worst-case scenario set by UN climate experts.

On current trends, Greenland ice melting will cause 100 million people to be flooded each year by 2100.

Investment idea: pool air mattresses.

Good thing we didn't call it Iceland, right?!

"Our results show a clear link in the timing of animal recovery and the recovery of Earth systems."

Our planet has received its fair share of visitors along the years. This one has been hiding under Greenland's thick ...

In the past 20 years, Greenland's ice sheet has been melting at six-fold the rate seen before the Industrial Revolution.

A meteorite might have slammed into the island as early as 12,000 years ago.

The debate is far from over, though.

Turns out a one-trick economy never lasts long.

The deal was made possible by the efforts of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and North Atlantic Salmon Fund.

Let's hope this landscape is never in the open.

The consequences are important for ecosystem health.

A rather unexpected effect of climate change.

It's a feedback loop on steroids.

The cost of non-action could be dramatic by the end of the century.

The dads really pull through for these chicks.

The Vikings were late a million years. Back then this was 'really' Greenland.

Pushing the boundaries of life farther in time than ever before.

Knowing how much water gets melted into the oceans will help us estimate the impact of rising sea levels.

A massive portion of the Greenland ice sheet has started to melt, taking researchers by surprise. The vast region is ...

While the climate talks in Paris are carrying on in full force, it's important to keep in mind that most ...

Geoscientists have finally unraveled one of Greenland's long-standing mysteries: how billions of gallons of water can drain in a matter ...

Using satellite imagery, scientists have discovered two new subglacial lakes under Greenland's ice sheet bringing the total number to four. ...

The former popular landscape was an expanse of warped shapes, out of which some were as tall as a Manhattan ...

Geophysical data from Greenland have revealed the existence of a canyon comparable in size with the Grand Canyon beneath the ...

A newly published massive study, where some 133 scientists collaborated, revealed that during our planet's last warm period between ice ages ...

Scientists from Britain have found a remote ice rift valley, up to one mile deep, under the ice in Antarctica. The ...

NASA satellite images showed the extent of surface melt on Greenland's ice sheet on July 8, on the left, and ...

Researchers at the University of Delaware and the Canadian Ice Service recently reported that an ice island, whose surface is ...

According to Chile's Centre for Scientific Studies (CECs) it seems like an array of glaciers located in the country's south ...

There isn't any news for anyone, I hope, that the Earth is on the heater right now, and as time ...

A new bacteria that has been named Herminiimonas glaciei, found in the heart of Greenland, trapped under more than 3 ...

Recently a study was conducted by a team led by Dr Edward Hanna at the University of Sheffield which demonstrated ...