'The ice melted beneath our feet': The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland's ice
In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. The photo went viral ...
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Mega-storm dumps 11 billion tonnes of snow ― and builds up a melting ice sheet
A well-timed atmospheric river dropped enough snow on Greenland for its ice sheet to lose 8% less mass than expected.
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The shrinking of the Greenland Ice Sheet can’t be stopped—but it can and must be slowed
Ice loss in Greenland is already large, irreversible, and greatly accelerated after centuries of near stability. Though a ...
U.S. military has cared about climate change since dawn of Cold War -- for good reason
Documents from the 1950s and 1960s show how the Pentagon poured support into climate and cold-region research to boost the ...
A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ice melt accelerates, its story isn’t over yet.
What new study reveals the melting of Greenland ice?
Discover groundbreaking research on how algae are accelerating the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet. Learn about the ...
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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...
What's under all that ice in Antarctica? New map has answers.
A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.
Exploiting the Arctic?: "What Trump Wants to Do with Greenland Is a Mystery to Me"
U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult ...