Greenland is turning GREEN: Area of ice the size of Wales has melted over the last 30 years - revealing fields of vegetation hidden beneath, study finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Greenland is turning GREEN: Area of ice the size of Wales has melted over the last 30 years - revealing fields of vegetation hidden beneath, study finds

Daily Mail  

As legend goes, an Icelandic murderer by the name of Erik The Red was exiled to the world's biggest island in the 10th century. In the past three decades, about 1.6 per cent of Greenland's total ice and glacier cover has melted – an area larger than Wales. An estimated 11,000 sq miles of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records. By analysing high resolution satellite images, Carrivick and colleagues estimated that 11,000 sq miles of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades. Besides the vastly decreased ice cover, experts find a doubling in total areal coverage of vegetation, a quadrupling in wetlands coverage, increased meltwater, decreased bare bedrock and increased coverage of fine unconsolidated sediment Researchers found that loss of Greenland ice 'is strongly associated' with the number of days with an average temperature over 0°F/0°C between the 1980s and the present day.

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'The ice melted beneath our feet': The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland's ice
2 weeks, 3 days ago

'The ice melted beneath our feet': The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland's ice

BBC  

'The ice melted beneath our feet': The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland's ice 3 days ago Share Save Isabelle Gerretsen @izzygerretsen Share Save Steffen Olsen In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. Alamy On average, Greenland loses 234 billion tonnes of ice per year Olsen says he …

Greenland ice sheet cracking open quicker than ever before, warn scientists
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Greenland ice sheet cracking open quicker than ever before, warn scientists

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking …

Greenland is getting a lot of international attention for its mineral resources – but what is hiding under the ice?
2 months, 1 week ago

Greenland is getting a lot of international attention for its mineral resources – but what is hiding under the ice?

BBC  

Greenland is getting a lot of international attention for its mineral resources – but what is hiding under the ice? Detailed mapping collaborations and explorations carried out over more than a century have uncovered evidence of important mineral resources in Greenland – including rare earth elements and critical minerals used for green energy technologies, as well as suspected fossil fuel …

Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world

The Hindu  

Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet. Think of Greenland as an open refrigerator door or thermostat for a warming world, and it’s in a region that is warming four times faster than the rest of the …

Incredible satellite images show Greenland’s massive ice sheet melting
3 months, 1 week ago

Incredible satellite images show Greenland’s massive ice sheet melting

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New satellite images show the extreme melting that has taken place on the critical Greenland …

Research expedition aims to understand global effects of Greenland’s melting ice
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Research expedition aims to understand global effects of Greenland’s melting ice

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A team of researchers is launching a scientific expedition to Greenland to advance understanding of …

Greenland lost 20% more ice than previously estimated: Study
1 year, 2 months ago

Greenland lost 20% more ice than previously estimated: Study

Live Mint  

Due to global warming, glaciers in Greenland are melting five times faster than 20 years ago, scientists from the University of Copenhagen revealed in November last year. According to a Reuters report, if the ancient ice sheet were to melt away completely, it would raise sea levels by at least 20 feet. The melting of Greenland’s ice sheet, the second-largest …

Greenland has lost more ice than previously thought: study
1 year, 2 months ago

Greenland has lost more ice than previously thought: study

The Hindu  

Climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to lose 20% more ice than previously thought, according to research published Wednesday that used satellite imagery to track the retreat of glaciers over the past four decades. Previous studies have found that about 5,000 gigatons of ice has been lost from the surface of the Greenland ice sheet in the past two …

Scientists reveal how Greenland Ice Sheet has shrunk over past four decades
1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists reveal how Greenland Ice Sheet has shrunk over past four decades

Hindustan Times  

The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 5,091 sq km of area between 1985 and 2022, according to a study in the journal Nature published on Wednesday, the first full ice-sheet wide estimate of area loss on that scale. It suggests previous estimates of changes to the Greenland Ice Sheet's mass balance - how much snow and ice is accumulated each year …

Arctic warming threatens wider world with rising seas: Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Arctic warming threatens wider world with rising seas: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Arctic experienced the warmest summer on record this year, contributing to extraordinary wildfires and melting glaciers while threatening the rest of the world with problems including higher sea levels, a U.S. report said on Tuesday. The report found that "irreversible climate harms caused by an overheating Arctic will continue to reverberate across North America and Eurasia Summer surface air …

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago
1 year, 4 months ago

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago

The Hindu  

Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland are melting by fivefold over the last 20 years, scientists from the University of Copenhagen said on Friday. Greenland's ice melt is of particular concern, as the ancient ice sheet holds enough water to raise sea levels by at least 20 feet if it were to melt away entirely. …

The impact of 'global boiling': Shocking before and after photos reveal just how much the Greenland Ice Sheet melted during the 'hottest month ever recorded on Earth'
1 year, 7 months ago

The impact of 'global boiling': Shocking before and after photos reveal just how much the Greenland Ice Sheet melted during the 'hottest month ever recorded on Earth'

Daily Mail  

Shocking before and after photos reveal just how much the Greenland Ice Sheet melted during the 'hottest month ever recorded on Earth'. According to scientists, snow falls on the Greenland Ice Sheet every winter and acts as a protective layer for the glacier ice underneath during the summer. ‹ Slide me › The new images, taken by the US's Landsat …

Greenland may have been almost ice free as recently as 416,000 years ago – study
1 year, 8 months ago

Greenland may have been almost ice free as recently as 416,000 years ago – study

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Greenland may have truly been green as recently as 416,000 years ago, scientists have said, …

Greenland's melt goes into hyper-drive with unprecedented ice loss in modern times
1 year, 11 months ago

Greenland's melt goes into hyper-drive with unprecedented ice loss in modern times

ABC  

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new, comprehensive international study. Key points: From 1992 to 1996, the two ice sheets — which hold 99 per cent the world's freshwater ice — shrank by more than 100 billion tonnes a …

‘Devastating’ melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Devastating’ melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found

Associated Press  

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new comprehensive international study. “This is a devastating trajectory,” said U.S. National Snow and Ice Center Deputy Lead Scientist Twila Moon, who wasn’t part of the study. “These rates of ice loss are …

Greenland at its warmest in 1,000 years, says new study
2 years, 2 months ago

Greenland at its warmest in 1,000 years, says new study

Live Mint  

Temperatures in parts of Greenland are warmer than they have been in 1,000 years, the co-author of a study that reconstructed conditions by drilling deep into the ice sheet told AFP on Friday. clear that we need to get this warming under control in order to stop the melting of the Greenlandic ice sheet", climate physics associate professor Bo Mollesoe …

Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5 INCHES by the end of the century
2 years, 4 months ago

Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5 INCHES by the end of the century

Daily Mail  

Melting of the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet could cause sea levels to rise by half an inch by the end of the century, a new study has warned. Researchers from Denmark and the US used satellite data and numerical models to examine ice loss from the sheet since 2012. Researchers from Denmark and the US used satellite data and numerical …

Greenland could be vulnerable to climate change from both rising air and sea temperatures
2 years, 5 months ago

Greenland could be vulnerable to climate change from both rising air and sea temperatures

Daily Mail  

Climate change may be having more impact on the melting Greenland ice sheet than previously thought, new research suggests. 'But ice cubes in a drink will also melt faster if you stir the drink, and rising air temperatures in Greenland effectively result in a stirring of the ocean close to the ice sheet, causing faster melting of the ice sheet …

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches
2 years, 7 months ago

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

The Hindu  

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday. “This ice has been consigned to the ocean, regardless of what climate scenario we take now.” Study lead author Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Greenland survey, said …

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches
2 years, 7 months ago

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

Associated Press  

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday. “This ice has been consigned to the ocean, regardless of what climate scenario we take now.” Study lead author Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Greenland survey, said …

Unavoidable Greenland ice melt will raise sea level by 10 inches
2 years, 7 months ago

Unavoidable Greenland ice melt will raise sea level by 10 inches

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “In the foreseeable scenario that global warming will only continue, the contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea …

Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows
2 years, 7 months ago

Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows

CNN  

CNN — Widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise that’s set to come in the near future – and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the …

Greenland's Ice Sheet is melting from the bottom up
3 years, 1 month ago

Greenland's Ice Sheet is melting from the bottom up

Daily Mail  

Greenland's Ice Sheet is melting from the bottom up and is now the largest single contributor to global sea level rise, a new study has warned. Warning: Greenland's Ice Sheet is melting from the bottom up and is now the largest single contributor to global sea level rise, a new study has found Researchers have observed 'unprecedented' rates of melting …

EXPLAINED | Rain At Greenland Summit For First Time. Know Why This Is A Cause For Worry
3 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINED | Rain At Greenland Summit For First Time. Know Why This Is A Cause For Worry

ABP News  

It rained for several hours at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet, more than 500 miles above the Arctic Circle, last week. Greenland's melting ice sheet has already caused around 25 per cent of sea level rise globally over the last few decades, scientists estimate, and expect that share to grow as temperatures increase, the Reuters report said. …

Greenland ice sheet: First ever recorded rainfall in Greenland’s ice sheet summit causes ‘widespread’ melting
3 years, 7 months ago

Greenland ice sheet: First ever recorded rainfall in Greenland’s ice sheet summit causes ‘widespread’ melting

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rain lashed the highest point of the Greenland ice sheet for several days for the …

Temperature rise in Greenland causes ice sheets to melt at twice the average rate
3 years, 7 months ago

Temperature rise in Greenland causes ice sheets to melt at twice the average rate

Firstpost  

There was enough of melted water “to cover Florida with two inches of water”. Greenland’s ice sheet has experienced a “massive melting event” during a heatwave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms, according to Danish researchers. Since Wednesday the ice sheet covering the vast Arctic territory, has melted by around eight billion tonnes a day, …

Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt
3 years, 8 months ago

Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt

Associated Press  

Part of the Arctic is nicknamed the “Last Ice Area,” because floating sea ice there is usually so thick that it’s likely to withstand global warming for decades. While scientists have said most of the Arctic could be free of summer sea ice by mid-century, the Last Ice Area was not part of that equation. In the past, thicker Wandel …

Iceland loses 750 sqkm of glaciers to global warming in 20 years: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Iceland loses 750 sqkm of glaciers to global warming in 20 years: Study

India Today  

Iceland's glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometres, or seven per cent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study showed. The glaciers, which cover more than 10 per cent of the country's landmass, shrank in 2019 to 10,400 square kilometres, the study in the Icelandic scientific journal Jokull said. The ice's retreat …

Greenland's ice sheet has completely melted at least once in the last million years
4 years ago

Greenland's ice sheet has completely melted at least once in the last million years

Firstpost  

If the ice sheet were to vanish altogether, it would lift global oceans by nearly seven metres. The ice sheet atop Greenland — which holds enough frozen water to swamp coastal cities worldwide — has melted to the ground at least once in the last million years despite CO2 levels far lower than today, stunned scientists have reported. “This is …

Greenland: Plants nearly a MILE under ice sheet suggest area was once ice-free
4 years ago

Greenland: Plants nearly a MILE under ice sheet suggest area was once ice-free

Daily Mail  

Plant fossils, twigs and leaves have been discovered under a mile of ice on Greenland, suggesting the area was free of ice within the last million years. But a new study shows that within the last million years it melted off and became covered with green tundra, perhaps like this view of eastern Greenland, on the coast near the ocean …

Climate crisis: Greenland on course to lose more ice this century than in any other in past 12,000 years
4 years, 5 months ago

Climate crisis: Greenland on course to lose more ice this century than in any other in past 12,000 years

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The decline of Greenland’s vast ice sheet is accelerating so quickly it is likely to …

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting as fast as at any time in the last 12,000 years, study shows
4 years, 6 months ago

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting as fast as at any time in the last 12,000 years, study shows

CNN  

CNN — We’ve known for some time now that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at an alarming rate. Greenland's ice sheet -- which contains enough water to raise global sea levels by 24 feet -- is melting as fast as at any time in the last 12,000 years, a new study finds. Greenland’s ice sheet contains enough water to raise …

Massive chunk of Greenland's ice caps has broken off, falls into the sea; evidence of rapid climate change
4 years, 6 months ago

Massive chunk of Greenland's ice caps has broken off, falls into the sea; evidence of rapid climate change

Firstpost  

The ice came off a fjord called Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden and is around 110 square kilometres big. An enormous chunk of Greenland’s ice cap has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic, a development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change. Annual end-of-melt-season changes for the Arctic’s largest ice shelf in Northeast Greenland are measured by optical satellite imagery, the …

Dismay as huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off
4 years, 6 months ago

Dismay as huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — An enormous chunk of Greenland’s ice cap has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic, a development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change. Annual end-of-melt-season changes for the Arctic’s largest ice shelf in Northeast Greenland are measured by optical satellite imagery, the survey known as GEUS said. “We should be very concerned about what …

Greenland: A chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan has broken off the ice shelf
4 years, 6 months ago

Greenland: A chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan has broken off the ice shelf

CNN  

CNN — A 44-square-mile chunk of ice, about twice the size of Manhattan, has broken off the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf in northeast Greenland in the last two years, leaving scientists fearful over its rapid disintegration. “We should be very concerned about what appears to be progressive disintegration at the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf, because upstream … is …

Greenland glacier loses 110 square kilometres' worth of ice
4 years, 6 months ago

Greenland glacier loses 110 square kilometres' worth of ice

ABC  

A chunk of Greenland's ice cap estimated to be 110 square kilometres has broken off in the far north-east Arctic. Key points: The National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said the "disintegration" of the ice shelf was a major concern The ice sheet has lost more ice than has been added in the form of snow this year Greenland …

Greenland's ice sheet melted away at record levels in 2019, scientists fear it will continue
4 years, 7 months ago

Greenland's ice sheet melted away at record levels in 2019, scientists fear it will continue

ABC  

Greenland's ice sheet lost a record amount of mass in 2019, a finding that could prompt scientists to redefine their worst-case scenario as they assess the effects of climate change. Key points: Greenland lost 532 gigatonnes of ice, 15 per cent more than the previous record in 2012 Its icy bulk melted more quickly than anticipated amid climate warming Another …

Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019
4 years, 7 months ago

Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019

Associated Press  

Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet of water, a new study said. After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons of ice melting, according to satellite measurements reported in a …

Record Melt: Greenland Lost 586 Billion Tons of Ice in 2019, Enough to Cover California in 4 Feet of Water
4 years, 7 months ago

Record Melt: Greenland Lost 586 Billion Tons of Ice in 2019, Enough to Cover California in 4 Feet of Water

News 18  

Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet of water, a new study said. After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons of ice melting, according to satellite measurements reported in a …

Greenland’s ice sheet melted faster than ever before in 2019, study says. That’s worrying news for coastal cities across the world
4 years, 7 months ago

Greenland’s ice sheet melted faster than ever before in 2019, study says. That’s worrying news for coastal cities across the world

CNN  

CNN — Greenland’s ice sheet melted more last year than any year previously recorded, according to a new study, in another sign of the devastating impacts of a warming planet. To put that in comparison, between 2003 and 2016 the ice sheet lost about 255 billion tons of ice on average – per year “We have documented another record loss …

Greenland Ice Sheet Passes Point of No Return Due to Climate Change: Study
4 years, 7 months ago

Greenland Ice Sheet Passes Point of No Return Due to Climate Change: Study

News 18  

Glaciers on Greenland have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue to melt, according to a study of nearly 40 years of satellite data from the island. "And what we've found is that the ice that's discharging into the ocean is far surpassing the snow that's accumulating on the surface …

Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return due to climate change: Study
4 years, 7 months ago

Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return due to climate change: Study

India TV News  

Glaciers on Greenland have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue to melt, according to a study of nearly 40 years of satellite data from the island. "And what we've found is that the ice that's discharging into the ocean is far surpassing the snow that's accumulating on the surface …

Greenland's Melting Ice Sheets Are Past the Point of No Return, Find Scientists
4 years, 7 months ago

Greenland's Melting Ice Sheets Are Past the Point of No Return, Find Scientists

News 18  

Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests. If all of Greenland’s ice goes, the water released would push sea levels up by an average of 6 meters — enough to swamp many coastal cities around the world. …

Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, study finds
4 years, 7 months ago

Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, and efforts to slow global warming will not stop it from disintegrating. Greenland’s ice sheet dumps more than 280 billion metric tons of melting ice into the ocean each year, making it the greatest single contributor to global sea level rise, according to Michalea King, the lead …

Greenland ice sheet shrinks by record in 2019
4 years, 11 months ago

Greenland ice sheet shrinks by record in 2019

Al Jazeera  

Study finds record melting fuelled by high-pressure weather systems that are result of global warming. The kilometres-thick ice sheet that covers Greenland shrank by a record amount in 2019, and contributed about 40 percent of the rise in global sea levels, according to a new scientific study. Greenland‘s ice sheet covers 80 percent of the island and could raise global …

Greenland ice sheet melting faster than ever before, study finds
4 years, 11 months ago

Greenland ice sheet melting faster than ever before, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Greenland’s ice sheet shrank more last year than at any time since records began in …

Greenland's Ice Sheet Melted at a Record Rate in 2019 and it's Not Slowing Down Soon, Shows Study
5 years, 5 months ago

Greenland's Ice Sheet Melted at a Record Rate in 2019 and it's Not Slowing Down Soon, Shows Study

News 18  

Greenland's Ice Sheet Melted at a Record Rate in 2019 and it's Not Slowing Down Soon, Shows Study Last Updated: August 21, 2020, 07:22 IST The study adds to evidence that Greenland’s icy bulk is melting more quickly than anticipated amid climate warming. Greenland’s ice sheet lost a record amount of mass last year, according to a study published on …

Photos: This is what climate change looks like
5 years, 7 months ago

Photos: This is what climate change looks like

CNN  

Lucas Jackson/Reuters An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, in June 2018. Melting ice from Greenland's ice sheet is the largest contributor of all land sources to the rising sea levels that could become catastrophic for coastal cities around the world. "Seeing the size of these icebergs in the water was like looking at entire …

Melting Greenland ice sheet threatens coastal cities around world, scientist warns
5 years, 7 months ago

Melting Greenland ice sheet threatens coastal cities around world, scientist warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Cambridge scientist has warned that the "decaying" of the Greenland ice sheet risks pushing …

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