Greenland ice harbours massive reservoir of melt water

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 14:30

Scientists have suggested that Greenland Ice Sheet stores liquid water all year long, based on the surprising discovery of an aquifer, an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock .

Greenland`s ice sheet was smaller 3,000-5,000 years ago

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 13:08

Scientists have said that Greenland`s shrunken ice sheet was smaller than today about 3-5,000 years ago.

NASA to map Greenland ice sheet summer melt

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 11:22

For the first time, the Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor, or LVIS, is set to fly aboard NASA`s new C-130 aircraft to map Greenland`s ice sheet and surrounding Arctic sea ice following a summer`s melt.

Giant canyon discovered under Greenland ice sheet

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 10:47

When we all thought that all the mysteries of Earth have been unveiled, we stumble upon this discovery. Scientists have discovered a vast canyon, twice as long as the Grand Canyon.

Heat flow from Earth`s mantle leading to Greenland ice sheet melting

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 09:23

The Greenland ice sheet is melting from below, caused by a high heat flow from the mantle into the lithosphere.

Greenland`s ice sheet melting rapidly

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 14:33

A new study has revealed that surface ice melt will be the dominant process controlling ice-loss from Greenland.

New rover set to explore Greenland ice sheet

Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 10:32

NASA`s newest scientific rover, known as GROVER is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland.

Thin clouds drove Greenland`s record-breaking 2012 ice melt

Last Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 11:02

Thin, low-level clouds were instrumental in driving Greenland`s record-shattering ice melt last year, a new study has found.

Low-level clouds behind Greenland`s record-breaking ice melt in 2012

Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 12:49

The culprit that caused the record-shattering level of ice melting in Greenland in 2012 may have been low, thin clouds, a new study has revealed.

Greenland ice cores provide vision of `warmer` future world

Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 22:53

Ice cores drilled in the Greenland ice sheet are giving scientists their clearest insight to a world that was warmer than today.

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.