greenland
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Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lakebed Beneath Greenland’s Ice
Using radar and other ice-penetrating instruments, scientists have detected a “fossil lakebed” preserved beneath the Greenland ice sheet, in what is the first discovery of its kind.
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Antarctica and Greenland Are on Track for the Worst-Case Climate Scenario
As the world’s ice sheets have been cracking up and melting down, climatologists have warned that further decimation could cause devastating levels of sea level rise. Now, a recent study shows that ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a pace on par with the worst-case climate scenarios scientists have predicted, putting coastal…
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Scientists Found a Vast, Deep Sea Coral Garden off Greenland’s Coast
In the depths of the water just west of Greenland, scientists have discovered a previously unknown coral garden. They described the ecosystem in a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science on Monday.
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The Sea Ice Arctic Communities Rely On Could Disappear Three Weeks Earlier
Sea ice near the shore is crucial for dogsled travel for Arctic communities. But a new study shows that when temperatures crank up, it disappears faster”and it’s set to grow a lot worse by the end of the century.