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The skyscraper-sized tsunami that vibrated through the entire planet and no one saw
Dickson Fjord in August 2023. Just a few weeks later, a large chunk of the mountain would slide…
September 25, 2024
Greenland Ice Sheet Once Supported Tundra Ecosystem, New Study Reveals
At a Glance Once considered unchanging for millions of years, Greenland’s ice sheet has a new story. A…
August 19, 2024
When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of ice offers warnings for the future
Water and sediment pour off the melting margin of the Greenland ice sheet. Jason Edwards/Photodisc via Getty Images…
July 31, 2023
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure
Richard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, towing an ice radar that…
July 18, 2023
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
A turbulent melt-river pours a million tons of water a day into a moulin, where it flows down…
September 11, 2022
Greenland Greets “Cold Bone,” Its First Native Dinosaur Find
Greenland has been a place of intrigue since time immemorial. It is the largest island on Earth, sitting…
November 22, 2021