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Melting glaciers account for third of sea-level rise

World`s shrinking glaciers contributed to almost a third of the sea-level rise between 2003 and 2009...

New rover set to explore Greenland ice sheet

NASA`s newest scientific rover, known as GROVER is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highe...

Thin clouds drove Greenland`s record-breaking 2012 ice melt

Thin, low-level clouds were instrumental in driving Greenland`s record-shattering ice melt last year...

Low-level clouds behind Greenland`s record-breaking ice melt in 2012

The culprit that caused the record-shattering level of ice melting in Greenland in 2012 may have bee...

10% of Greenland glaciers contribute to sea-level rise

Sea-level rise from the glaciers of Greenland separated from the ice sheet makes up around 10 percen...

Glaciers will melt faster than ever and loss could be irreversible, warn scientists

Canada`s Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries.

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Russian meteor blast resonated from Greenland to Antarctica

The meteor strike over the steppes of southwestern Russia sent a low-frequency rumble bouncing throu...

Greenland ice cores provide vision of `warmer` future world

Ice cores drilled in the Greenland ice sheet are giving scientists their clearest insight to a world...

Economic, identity issues `may have driven Vikings out of Greenland`

Economic and identity issues, rather than starvation and disease, drove Viking descendent out of Gre...

Greenland ice sheet marker of increased atmospheric acidity

In a new study, researchers have suggested that the decline in levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 is ...

Wildfires darkening snowpack, increasing melting in Greenland

Satellite observations have revealed the first direct evidence of smoke from Arctic wildfires drifti...

Ice loss in both Greenland and Antarctica three times more than estimated

The combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased duri...

Greenland `losing 200mn tons of ice every year`

Glacier-covered Greenland has had an average net loss of 200 million tons of ice every year since 20...

Warming temperatures could change Greenland’s face

Increasing global temperature would change the face of Greenland over the next century and this woul...

Powerful earthquake rocks eastern Greenland

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark located within the Arctic Circle.

Greenland’s ice sheet melting shatters 30-year record

Melting over the Greenland ice sheet broke the seasonal record on August 8 – four weeks before the c...

Greenland’s ice sheet melts in spurts

Loss of ice from Greenland’s vast sheet may occur mainly in short bursts, suggest Danish scientists ...

Unprecedented Greenland ice melt alarming: NASA

The rapid melting of ice sheet in Greenland in July has left NASA scientist stunned and alarmed, rai...

Huge ice island breaks off from Greenland glacier

An ice island twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, researc...

Karakoram glaciers `not shrinking`

The Karakoram glaciers, located in the Karakoram Range between northern Pakistan and western China, ...

World`s oldest meteor impact crater discovered

Scientists have discovered a giant crater in Greenland, which they believe might be the result of a ...

Slowest Greenland sharks `hunt sleeping seals`

Researchers have measured the speed of the ocean’s slowest shark – the Greenland sharks, which “crui...

Lost photos reveal history of Greenland ice loss

A set of 80-year-old photographs unearthed in a basement archive has proved that Greenland`s ice was...

Greenland glaciers not melting as much as speculated

Greenland’s contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than th...

Greenland ice sheet may be sliding away due to surface lake melt

Greenland ice sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean because of massive releases of meltwater fr...

Future sea-level rise predicted in 3-mn-yr-old rocks

The height of ancient sea level indicates Greenland and the western part of Antarctica had no ice sh...

Greenland icesheet more vulnerable to warming

Greenland is second to Antarctica as the biggest source of locked-up water on land.

Earth losing roughly 150 bn tons of ice annually

Greenland, Antarctica and global glaciers and ice caps lost roughly 8 times the volume of Lake Erie ...

`2010 temperature lifted ice loss in Greenland`

Data from the GPS stations has indicated that an unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ic...

`Mars may have a coastline like Greenland`

Early in its history, Mars may have a cold glacier-rimmed ocean covering its northern lowlands.

18 Greenpeace activists climb Greenland oil rig

Greenpeace activists climbed a 53,000-ton oil rig in Arctic waters off Greenland to protest deep-wat...

Greenland ice loss can fill world`s 11th largest lake

Greenland is a natural lab for studying how climate change has affected ice fields.

Greenland airspace partly closes over volcanic ash

Grimsvoetn volcano began erupting late Saturday.

Record melt from Greenland icesheet in 2010

The 2010 runoff was more than twice the average annual loss in Greenland over the previous 3 decades...

Huge ice island could pose threat to oil, shipping

An island of ice is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland.

Giant ice island breaks off Greenland

A giant ice island has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland.

Greenland ice cap melt accelerating: Experts

The ice sheet in their region had lowered six metres in just a month.

Greenland gene map

Scientists have sequenced DNA from 4 frozen hairs of a Greenlander.

Greenland ice loss driven by warming seas: Study

Greenland`s continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive ...

Greenland ice loss driven by warming seas: Study

Greenland`s continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive ...

Go east, young man: Greenland was colonised by Siberians

Hair preserved in permafrost for 4,000 years has shed light on a tribe of Stone Age hunters who cros...

In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six sea...

Greenland ice loss led to one sixth of sea-level rise

Greenland has lost about 1,500 cubic kilometres of ice between 2000 and 2008, which is responsible ...

Greenland ice loss responsible for global sea-level rise

In a long term research, scientists have found that Greenland lost 1500 cubic kilometres of ice betw...

Greenland ice loss accelerating: Study

Greenland`s ice losses are accelerating and nudging up sea levels, according to a study showing that...

Canada, Greenland accord to protect polar bears

Canada and Greenland agreed on a series of measures aimed at protecting shared populations of polar ...

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