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Greenland has been in the news a lot lately due to the political posturing of President Trump and other political powers.
Google Maps won't help you much if you're trekking ... About 80 percent of the territory's surface is covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which is rapidly melting as global temperatures rise.
Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...
Antarctica is one of only two places on the planet almost completely covered by ice sheets, with Greenland being ... crossing the ice sheet on dog sleds. The map gives us a remarkably clear ...
Greenland's ice is melting, opening new sea routes and yielding easier access to prized natural resources, writes Fred Hewett. The island has become a bellwether of global disruption driven by climate ...
While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...
Norwegian scientists from the University of Bergen and drone specialist Marble have found a way to monitor Greenland's ice sheet, which is under severe strain and threatened by increasing melting ...
For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Their research, aided by a custom-designed drone, could help ...
an expert on the Greenland Ice Sheet at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. Scientists, however, have seen a shift in the last couple of decades. Because of warming oceans ...
MAYOR’S TEAM HAS BEEN USING REMOTE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH WIDE BEAM SONARS TO MAKE DETAILED MAPS ... the Antarctic ice sheet. But the ice is melting…fast.The melting of the Greenland ice ...
About 125,000 years ago, during a warm period, Greenland’s ice sheet was smaller, and global sea levels were up to 19 feet higher. Today, with rising temperatures and melting ice, scientists ...