Climate scientists thought stronger atmospheric rivers would accelerate Greenland's ice loss—but it might actually be slowing ...

The rise in global temperatures has already reached the level of an unprecedented threat to humanity and the entire ecosystem ...

Contribution to Sea Level Rise The ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica play a pivotal role in global sea level changes.

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult ...

Ice loss in Greenland is already large, irreversible, and greatly accelerated after centuries of near stability. Though a tipping point for future ice loss has already been crossed, the pace of this ...

A recent study finds that algae can store nutrients, potentially allowing them to spread across more of the ice sheet, ...

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the ...

The Arctic is a very cold and unique part of our planet. It is filled with ice, snow, and amazing landscapes. But the Arctic ...

The ice at the end of the world is melting, and it is melting at record speed, a process that is being closely observed by ...

Greenland lacks a road or rail network, so people rely on helicopters, planes and boats to get around. Rising temperatures and melting ice are meanwhile opening new and shorter shipping routes, ...

Greenland’s ice sheet is rapidly losing ice, pushing it towards an irreversible tipping point that could raise sea levels.