Greenland ice

What is really happening to Greenland icecap?

harminka — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:45:32 -0600

The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much more exposed to immediate global warming than the larger Antarctic ice sheet. Yet while the southern Greenland ice cap has been melting, it is still not clear how much this is contributing to rising sea levels, and much further research is needed.

Accurate picture of ice loss in Greenland

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:02:23 -0500

Researchers from TU Delft joined forces with the Center for Space Research (CSR) in Austin, Texas, USA, to develop a method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland’s shrinking ice cap.

Novel bacterial species is found trapped in 120,000-year-old ice

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:36:56 -0500

A team of Penn State scientists has discovered a new ultra-small species of bacteria that has survived for more than 120,000 years within the ice of a Greenland glacier at a depth of nearly two miles.

Record warm summers cause extreme ice melt in Greenland

harminka — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:29:18 -0600

An international team of scientists, led by Dr Edward Hanna at the University of Sheffield, has demonstrated that recent warm summers have caused the most extreme Greenland ice melting in 50 years.