Greenland ice sheet close to tipping into ‘accelerated melting,’ scientists conclude

 The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest on the planet, is close to reaching the tipping point of no return with ‘accelerated melting,’ a new study has found. Experts at the University of Copenhagen and the Arctic University of Norway analyzed the Jakobshavn basin, located in the Central-Western part, one of the five largest in Greenland. … Read more

Plants nearly a MILE under Greenland ice sheet suggest the area was once ice-free

Plant fossils, twigs and leaves have been discovered under a mile of ice on Greenland, suggesting the area was free of ice within the last million years.  Scientists from the University of Vermont have called it a ‘stunning’ discovery, with some of the discovered vegetation looking as if it had ‘died yesterday’. The discovery was … Read more

Dip in atmospheric CO2 200million years ago helped dinosaurs migrate from South America to Greenland

Sauropod dinosaurs emerged in South America some 230 million years ago, but despite living during the supercontinent Pangea it took them 15 million years to reach Greenland – when it should have taken 20 years. A team from Colombia University suggests a ‘climatic phenomenon’ may have allowed the enormous creatures to finally make the journey. … Read more

Gerard Butler races against time to save family from apocalypse-causing comet in Greenland trailer

Gerard Butler races against time to save his family from apocalypse-causing comet in Greenland trailer By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:15 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 03:49 GMT, 10 December 2020 Advertisement A new trailer for Gerard Butler’s apocalyptic adventure Greenland dropped Wednesday ahead of its December 18 Video On Demand release.  In … Read more

Geology: Hot rock rising beneath central Greenland is melting the ice from below

Flow of hot rocks rising from the core–mantle boundary beneath central Greenland is melting the ice from below and contributing to sea-level rise, study finds Experts from Japan mapped the plume of molten rock rising under Greenland To do this, they analysed the speed of seismic waves travelling beneath the Earth The plume rises from … Read more

Black smudge on Greenland explorer’s diary reveal his tragic final moments more than 100 years later

Analysis of a dying polar explorer’s last diary entry has shed light on his final moments more than 100 years ago. Jørgen Brønlund was a participant in the tragic 1906 expedition to Greenland, along with expedition leader Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and another explorer who perished trying to make their way back to base camp. Brønlund was … Read more

How living at America’s northernmost airbase in Greenland helped a serviceman cope with lockdown

‘Being deployed in such a remote place, I learned to appreciate moments of solitude, to be the only person around for miles, away from the hustle of the city, away from other issues, no problems, just peace and the appreciation of life and the gifts of our senses. I guess the experience of living on … Read more

Greenland on track to lose ice faster than in any century for over 12,000 years

Greenland is on track to lose ice mass faster this century than during any other century in the last 12,000 years, according to a new study.  US researchers simulated how different levels of carbon emissions would be likely to affect the Greenland Ice Sheet – a 660,000 square mile body of ice that covers around … Read more

Greenland on track to lose ice faster than in any century for over 12,000 years

Greenland is on track to lose ice mass faster at the end of this century than during any other century over the last 12,000 years, according to a new study.  US researchers simulated high-carbon-emission scenarios of the Greenland Ice Sheet – a 660,000 square mile body of ice that covers around 80 per cent of … Read more

Greenland ice sheet melted more in 2019 than in any other year

Melting from Greenland’s ice sheet broke records last year — losing a total of 532 gigatonnes of mass overall, analysis of satellite data has revealed. Experts led from Germany found that the ice loss in 2019 was 15 per cent higher than the previous worst year on record — which was 2012. However, they also … Read more