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 satellites, show the amount of snow cover on the Greenland Ice Sheet Scientists have already said July is 'virtually certain' to be the world's hottest month on record, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned last month that 'the era of global boiling has arrived'. During several days in June and July, melting of ice was detected across 302,000 square miles of the Greenland Ice Sheet – up to half of its surface.

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'The ice melted beneath our feet': The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland's ice
1 week, 5 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 …

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open: Terrifying images show enormous crevasses appearing across the world's second largest body of ice thanks to climate change
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open: Terrifying images show enormous crevasses appearing across the world's second largest body of ice thanks to climate change

Daily Mail  

The Greenland Ice Sheet is a vast reserve of frozen water, with the potential to raise sea levels by a whopping seven metres. The researchers warn this could trigger a 'domino effect' that could lead to the Greenland Ice Sheet vanishing even faster. Pictured: Store Glacier, west Greenland The Greenland Ice Sheet is the biggest body of ice in the …

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 …

Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world
2 months, 2 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 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, 1 week 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 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 …

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. …

Faster melting of West Antarctic ice sheet 'unavoidable’ even if emissions cut
1 year, 5 months ago

Faster melting of West Antarctic ice sheet 'unavoidable’ even if emissions cut

Hindustan Times  

The West Antarctic ice sheet is set to melt faster even if the world rapidly cuts emissions, according to a new study. But an increasing body of research shows that hotter oceans are likely causing the ice shelves around West Antarctica to destabilize, raising the specter of massive sea level rise. Without the shelves’ protection, more of the West Antarctic …

Ice core from secret US Army base reveals dramatic historical Greenland ice-sheet melting
1 year, 8 months ago

Ice core from secret US Army base reveals dramatic historical Greenland ice-sheet melting

ABC  

Back in the early 1960s, the US Army conducted a secret Cold War operation beneath Greenland's frozen tundra. Key points: The US Army planned to hide nuclear weapons in ice tunnels in north-west Greenland in the 1960s An ice core taken during the operation was rediscovered in 2018 Analysis of the core shows north-west Greenland was ice free around 400,000 …

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 …

2001 to 2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study
2 years, 2 months ago

2001 to 2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study

The Hindu  

Scientists have found that the years 2001 to 2011 were the warmest in the last thousand years at high elevations of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The team of scientists led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany, reconstructed the temperature from a set of ice cores, unprecedented in length and quality, of the past 1,000 years, which revealed that today's warming …

New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike
2 years, 2 months ago

New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike

Associated Press  

A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest in more than 1,000 years, according to new ice core data. Until now Greenland ice cores -- a glimpse into long-running temperatures before thermometers -- hadn’t shown much of a clear signal of global warming on the remotest …

Greenland temperatures the warmest in more than 1,000 years, new data show
2 years, 2 months ago

Greenland temperatures the warmest in more than 1,000 years, new data show

ABC  

A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 shows the giant northern island is 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest it has been in more than 1,000 years, new ice core data show. What had been happening in Greenland is that natural weather variability — undulations because of an occasional weather system called Greenland blocking — …

Greenland Ice Sheet is hottest it has ever been and will cause sea levels to rise by 20in by 2100
2 years, 2 months ago

Greenland Ice Sheet is hottest it has ever been and will cause sea levels to rise by 20in by 2100

Daily Mail  

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the hottest it has ever been and will cause global sea levels to rise by 20 inches by 2100 if it keeps warming at the same pace, scientists have warned. Concern: The Greenland Ice Sheet is the hottest it has ever been and will cause global sea levels to rise by 20 inches by 2100 …

Greenland ice sheet at its warmest level in past 1,000 years – study
2 years, 2 months ago

Greenland ice sheet at its warmest level in past 1,000 years – 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 The Greenland ice sheet was warmer in the first decade of this century compared to …

New ice core analysis shows Greenland rapidly warming
2 years, 2 months ago

New ice core analysis shows Greenland rapidly warming

LA Times  

A sharp increase in Greenland’s temperatures since 1995 showed the northern island 2.7 degrees hotter than its 20th century average, according to new ice core data. A sharp rise in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees higher than its 20th century average, the highest in more than 1,000 years, according to new ice core data. …

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 by 10 inches
2 years, 6 months ago

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level by 10 inches

Live Mint  

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, 6 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 25 centimetres, new study finds
2 years, 6 months ago

'Zombie ice' from Greenland will raise sea level 25 centimetres, new study finds

ABC  

Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise the global sea level by at least 25 centimetres on its own, a new study says. Key points: In recent years, Greenland's ice sheet has not seen enough snow falling to replace ice melting from the edges A study in the National Climate Change journal says sea levels could …

Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches
2 years, 6 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, 6 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 …

Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet will cause sea levels to rise by more than 10 INCHES
2 years, 6 months ago

Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet will cause sea levels to rise by more than 10 INCHES

Daily Mail  

The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet will cause global sea levels to rise by more than 10 inches – even if the whole world stops burning fossil fuels today, a new study has warned. 'In the foreseeable scenario that global warming will only continue, the contribution of the Greenland Ice Sheet to sea level rise will only continue increasing,' …

Greenland ice losses set to raise global sea levels by nearly a foot, new research shows
2 years, 6 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 already locked in to huge sea level rise: Study
2 years, 6 months ago

Greenland already locked in to huge sea level rise: Study

Al Jazeera  

The 27cm predicted sea rise is more than twice as much as scientists previously expected from Greenland’s melting ice sheet. Greenland’s fast-melting ice sheet will cause a huge sea level rise with potentially ominous implications over this century as temperatures continue to rise, according to a study published on Monday. By contrast, last year’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report …

Satellite images capture intense melting from Greenland ice sheet after extreme heat
2 years, 8 months ago

Satellite images capture intense melting from Greenland ice sheet after extreme heat

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. Recent heat in nothern Greenland melted nearly six billion tonnes of ice in just three days – enough water …

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 …

Rain on Greenland ice sheet signals climate change risk
3 years, 7 months ago

Rain on Greenland ice sheet signals climate change risk

Hindustan Times  

Rain fell at the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet -- possibly for the first time -- in an event Danish scientists on Monday said was most likely driven by climate change. The rain was observed for several hours on August 14 at a measuring post more than 3,000 metres up on the sheet, the US Snow and Ice Data …

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. …

Why rainfall at Greenland ice summit is a sign of concern
3 years, 7 months ago

Why rainfall at Greenland ice summit is a sign of concern

Live Mint  

Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet already melting at an increasing rate, scientists said this week. Already, melting from Greenland's ice sheet --the world's second-largest after Antarctica's -- has caused around 25% of global sea level rise seen …

Greenland rainfall has scientists worried about melting ice caps
3 years, 7 months ago

Greenland rainfall has scientists worried about melting ice caps

ABC  

Scientists say rain falling on Greenland's highest point for the first time on record is another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet, which is melting at an increasing rate. Greenland ice melting unmatched Photo shows An aerial view showing the Greenland ice sheet meeting bare land. The Greenland ice sheet is now melting faster than any time in …

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, …

Scientist who led largest mission to Arctic says global heating may have reached irreversible tipping point
3 years, 9 months ago

Scientist who led largest mission to Arctic says global heating may have reached irreversible tipping point

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 scientist who led the largest-ever research expedition to the Arctic has suggested that the …

Arctic is warming faster than other parts of the world. Here's why
3 years, 9 months ago

Arctic is warming faster than other parts of the world. Here's why

Hindustan Times  

Human civilisation and agriculture first emerged about 12,000 years ago in the early Holocene. Effects of Arctic warming One of the most significant effects of Arctic amplification is the weakening of west-to-east jet streams in the northern hemisphere. The links between Arctic amplification, slowing jet streams, blocking highs and extreme weather events in the mid to high latitudes of the …

Greenland ice sheet close to tipping into 'accelerated melting,' scientists conclude
3 years, 10 months ago

Greenland ice sheet close to tipping into 'accelerated melting,' scientists conclude

Daily Mail  

The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest on the planet, is close to reaching the tipping point of no return with 'accelerated melting,' a new study has found. If the troubling signs in this region were to happen to the entire ice sheet, causing it to melt completely, it could eventually raise global sea levels by 23ft. The researchers analyzed …

Global warming is melting the world’s glaciers at an alarming rate
3 years, 10 months ago

Global warming is melting the world’s glaciers at an alarming rate

Live Mint  

It is no secret that the immediate physical effects of global heating is being observed in the way that it is melting the world’s ice, or cryosphere. A new study published in Nature on 28 April has now found that between 2000-2019, the world’s glaciers, including those in the Himalaya, lost 267 gigatonnes of ice every year. This rate of …

Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas to Rise 10 Times Faster than Today, Says Study
3 years, 11 months ago

Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas to Rise 10 Times Faster than Today, Says Study

News 18  

Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain’s Durham University said. The scientists say their work could offer “vital clues” about future ice sheet melting and sea level rises due to climate …

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 …

Father-and-son team document devastating ice loss at Iceland’s glaciers 30 years apart
4 years, 1 month ago

Father-and-son team document devastating ice loss at Iceland’s glaciers 30 years apart

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 images released by a father-and-son team have revealed the devastating impact that the climate …

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