Greenland's ice is melting, opening new sea routes and yielding easier access to prized natural resources, writes Fred Hewett. The island has become a bellwether of global disruption driven by climate ...

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Their research, aided by a custom-designed drone, could help ...

Even given the rapid loss of Greenland’s 650,000-square-mile ice sheet, though, it would take a long while to lose it all—it’s 1.4 miles thick on average. The Earth itself is also frozen in ...

I am a geoscientist who studies the environmental history of Greenland and its ice sheet, including natural hazards and climate change. That knowledge is essential for understanding the risks that ...

THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR ... MAYOR HAS SEEN THE DRAMATIC LOSS OF SEA ICE, HIS EXPEDITIONS NOW TRAVEL TO PLACES ONCE INACCESSIBLE, PLACES WHERE NO VESSEL HAS EVER ...

Like many Greenlanders, Hans Sandgreen is an avid ice fisherman. Here, he’s pulling his catch from an icy fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland. Greenland Dispatch Amid dizzying changes caused by a ...

Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival ... the continent each winter and melts in the summer months. Ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica melting faster than previously thought, research ...

The accelerated loss has made mountain glaciers one of ... along with the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, comprise about 70% of the world's freshwater. "We need to advance our scientific ...

could help scientists improve ice loss calculations in rapidly warming polar regions. "We will be able to understand how water moves in and out of Greenland in the next few years," said first ...

Even given the rapid loss of Greenland’s 650,000-square-mile ice sheet, though, it would take a long while to lose it all — it’s 1.4 miles thick on average. The Earth itself is also frozen ...