Greenland ice sheet marker of increased atmospheric acidity

Last Updated: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 19:38

In a new study, researchers have suggested that the decline in levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 is more directly related to increased acidity in the atmosphere.

Wildfires darkening snowpack, increasing melting in Greenland

Last Updated: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 16:53

Satellite observations have revealed the first direct evidence of smoke from Arctic wildfires drifting over the Greenland ice sheet.

Ice loss in both Greenland and Antarctica three times more than estimated

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 19:04

The combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years, an international team of experts has found in a landmark study.

Greenland `losing 200mn tons of ice every year`

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 17:02

Glacier-covered Greenland has had an average net loss of 200 million tons of ice every year since 2003, scientists who are studying the changing mass of the island using satellite data have confirmed.

Warming temperatures could change Greenland’s face

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 19:53

Increasing global temperature would change the face of Greenland over the next century and this would impact sea level rise, a new study has revealed.

Powerful earthquake rocks eastern Greenland

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 21:45

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark located within the Arctic Circle.

Greenland’s ice sheet melting shatters 30-year record

Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 11:35

Melting over the Greenland ice sheet broke the seasonal record on August 8 – four weeks before the close of the melting season, it has been revealed.

Greenland’s ice sheet melts in spurts

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 13:21

Loss of ice from Greenland’s vast sheet may occur mainly in short bursts, suggest Danish scientists who used aerial photos dating back to the 1980s to plot shrinking of glaciers around the island’s northwest coast.

Unprecedented Greenland ice melt alarming: NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 10:21

The rapid melting of ice sheet in Greenland in July has left NASA scientist stunned and alarmed, raising fears of the consequences of climate change in future.

Huge ice island breaks off from Greenland glacier

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 17:27

An ice island twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, researchers have revealed.

Karakoram glaciers `not shrinking`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 15:23

The Karakoram glaciers, located in the Karakoram Range between northern Pakistan and western China, are stumping scientists.

World`s oldest meteor impact crater discovered

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 13:01

Scientists have discovered a giant crater in Greenland, which they believe might be the result of a massive asteroid or comet impact 3 billion year ago, i.e. the oldest known impact crater on Earth.