In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 ... Dr. Michele Petrini of Norway's Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and colleagues assessed the surface mass balance of Greenland's ice ...

Greenland's melting ice mass is now the No. 1 driver of sea level rise, according to Bierman. "In the early years of the climate warming, it was mountain glaciers that were doing most of the ...

For mining companies, Greenland's ice retreat could facilitate the start of a mineral "gold rush." ... warning the loss of ice mass risks increased greenhouse gas emissions and rising sea levels.

“Recent satellite-based observations of ice sheet mass loss have been a huge wake-up call for the whole scientific and policy community working on sea-level rise and its impacts," said study co ...

From 2021 to 2023, ice mass in East Antarctica particularly showed signs of recovery. However, scientists still say it may not signal a long-term trend.

In Greenland, Dr. Fichtner and a colleague lowered a cable by hand nearly a mile down a borehole, one that other scientists had drilled to extract an ice core. There the cable lay for 14 hours ...

Global warming is melting Greenland’s ice sheets at unprecedented rates. In 2023, the ice sheet lost 80 gigatons of water—that’s approximately 660,430 gallons (2.5 million liters) of water ...

Greenland’s ice sheet covers 656,000 square miles ... In its work, the team used a climate model to simulate how different climates would affect Greenland’s surface mass—in other words, ...

Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the northern hemisphere. The ice sheet has already lost over a trillion tonnes ...