Scientists Set Their Sights on Arctic Ice Loss
[/caption]NASA researchers have just completed science mission flights over Greenland and the surrounding seas, gathering data on ice distribution and thickness with the MABEL (Multiple Altimeter Beam...
View ArticleOldest Impact Crater on Earth Discovered in Greenland
With shifting continents, rain, and wind, finding traces of ancient impact craters on Earth has been, literally, astronomically low. Now, an international team of scientists say they have found a...
View ArticleGreenland Glacier Calves Another Huge Ice Island
Petermann glacier, a 70 km (43 mile) long tongue of ice that flows into the Arctic Ocean in northwest Greenland, recently calved an "ice island" approximately 130 square kilometers (50 sq. miles) --...
View ArticleNASA Satellite Sees Ghostly Remains of Vanishing Arctic Sea Ice
Sea ice swirls in ocean currents off the coast of Greenland (NASA/GSFC)Spooky spectral swirls of last season's sea ice drift in currents off the coast of eastern Greenland in this image from NASA's...
View ArticleAn Enormous Arctic Spiral
Looking south across the southern tip of Greenland, this satellite image shows an enormous cloud vortex spiraling over the northern Atlantic ocean on January 26, 2013. An example of the powerful...
View ArticleNASA Scientists Soar Over a Mini Ice Cap
It's quite a long way from Mars, but I can't help but be reminded of the Red Planet's ice-covered north pole when looking at this photo taken by Michael Studinger earlier this month, during a recent...
View ArticleMeet GROVER the Rover, Set For Greenland Exploration
How fast is Greenland's ice sheet melting in response to climate change, and how is it recovering? A new NASA rover with the friendly name of GROVER (Greeland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated...
View ArticleMassive ‘Grand Canyon’ Found Hidden Beneath Greenland’s Ice
There’s a “Chuck Norris fact” that says Chuck once went skydiving but promised never to do it again, saying one Grand Canyon is enough. But Chuck must have taken another jump millions of years ago.Data...
View ArticleScientists Now Suspect More Sea Level Rise from Greenland’s Glaciers
Greenland's glaciers may contribute more to future sea level rise than once thought, despite earlier reports that their steady seaward advance is a bit slower than expected. This is just more sobering...
View ArticleWow! Epic 4K Timelapse of Aurora Over Iceland and Greenland
Holy Northern Lights, Batman! This new timelapse is just beautiful! Photographer Joe Capra traveled to Greenland and Iceland to shoot 10 nights of the arctic Aurora. Not only was the aurora absolutely...
View ArticleNASA Model Shows Greenland’s Ice Sheet Will Disappear Over the Next 1000...
Great news! Humankind’s greatest-ever engineering project is nearing completion. Soon we will have warmed the Earth enough to get rid of all those pesky ice sheets and other frozen areas. The finish...
View ArticleThere’s A Fire in Greenland… Again. It’s 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal
As global warming ramps up, expect to see Greenland in the news a lot. That’s because its ice sheet is under threat of melting. But that’s not the only reason. The other reason is fire. We know that...
View ArticleIt Turns Out That the World’s Oldest Impact Crater Isn’t an Impact Crater
In early 2012, an international research team surveying parts of southwestern Greenland announced that they had discovered the oldest impact crater ever discovered on Earth, estimated at 3.3 billion...
View ArticleGreenland’s Ice Sheet is Similar in Many Ways to the Solar System’s Icy...
Many regions on Earth are temperate, nutrient-rich, stable environments where life seems to thrive effortlessly. But not all of Earth. Some parts, like Greenland’s ice sheet, are inhospitable. In our...
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