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Greenland urges Denmark to confront its past

Denmark’s forced contraception scandal in Greenland has snowballed since a victim first spoke out five years ago with the territory urging the Danish state to acknowledge the trauma it had caused. The legal investigation “is a necessary step in order to move forward,” Greenland’s Gender Equality Minister in charge of the case, Naaja Nathanielsen, said. Human rights aspect “An investigation …

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1 year, 1 month 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. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of ice offers warnings for the future

The Hindu

About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. At that time, Earth and its early humans were going through one of the longest interglacial periods since ice sheets first covered the high latitudes 2.5 million years ago. The drilling took place at Camp Century, one of the military’s most unusual bases – it was nuclear-powered and made up …

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1 year, 8 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 …

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1 year, 8 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 …

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2 years ago

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. LISTEN: Eske Willerslev on studying environmental DNA Scientists used the discovery of the oldest known DNA to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. …

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2 years ago

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

The Hindu

Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. “I wouldn't have, in a million years, expected to find mastodons in northern Greenland,” said Love Dalen, a researcher in evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University who was not involved in the study. “You don't have …

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2 years ago

World’s oldest DNA reveals a lush Arctic landscape in Greenland 2 million years ago

LA Times

Ancient DNA suggests that the Arctic was once a lush landscape of trees and vegetation, with an array of animals, including mastodons. Science & Medicine 130,000-year-old mastodon bones could rewrite story of how humans first appeared in the Americas Shattered mastodon bones from a Southern California site bear the scars of human activity from 130,700 years ago, a team of …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Arctic summer-sea ice covers less than half the area it did in early 1980s and may not last to 2100

Daily Mail

A new study out of Columbia University determined that summer sea ice in 'the Last Ice Area' now covers half the space it did 40 years ago. Scroll down for video The Last Ice Area, where sea ice traditionally remains frozen year round, has lost 40 percent of its area since the early 1980s The surface of the Arctic Ocean …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Climate change report from IPCC a 'code red for humanity', United Nations chief warns

ABC

The Earth could be just 10 years from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius — a threshold beyond which even more serious and frequent fires, droughts, floods and cyclones are expected to wreak havoc on humanity. Key points: Global warming would likely increase to 1.5C by about 2030, the IPCC report says, based on our current trajectory The effects …

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3 years, 9 months 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 …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Climate change 200 million years ago helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland, study suggests

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. But by painstakingly matching up ancient magnetism patterns in rock layers at fossil sites across South America, Arizona, New …

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Greenland urges Denmark to confront its past

Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago

When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of ice offers warnings for the future

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

‘Devastating’ melt of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets found

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

World’s oldest DNA reveals a lush Arctic landscape in Greenland 2 million years ago

Arctic summer-sea ice covers less than half the area it did in early 1980s and may not last to 2100

Climate change report from IPCC a 'code red for humanity', United Nations chief warns

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

Climate change 200 million years ago helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland, study suggests