by faster | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: August 21, 2020 SNIP: Greenland’s massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tonnes last year, raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise, according to new findings. That is equivalent to an additional three million...
by faster | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Phys.org DATE: August 13, 2020 SNIP: Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the ice sheet would continue shrinking. The finding, published today,...
by faster | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Scientific American DATE: June 3, 2020 SNIP: A significant melt event is unfolding in Greenland this week. With temperatures nearly 20 degrees Fahrenheit higher than usual in some areas, the southern part of the ice sheet is melting at its highest rate this...
by faster | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: April 15, 2020 SNIP: Greenland’s ice sheet shrank by more than at any time since record-taking began last year, according to a study published on Wednesday that showed the risk that climate change could cause sharp rises in global sea...
by faster | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Science DATE: October 29, 2019 SNIP: In one of the Cold War’s oddest experiments, the United States dug a 300-meter-long military base called Camp Century into the ice of northwest Greenland in the early 1960s, powered it with a nuclear reactor, and set out to...
