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New satellite images show the extreme melting that has taken place on the critical Greenland ice sheet, according to researchers. The sheet is a mass of glacial land ice and is an integral part of ...

Scientists analyzing satellite data have discovered significant ... to analyze the region’s change in vegetation over the decades. A map of the change in vegetated area on the Antarctic ...

The left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic ... Ice Sheets Today offers the latest satellite data and scientific analyses on surface melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Northern ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is a crucial bellwether for monitoring climate change. It holds around 8% of the planet's freshwater ...

Fareed speaks with former Danish Prime Minister and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen about President-elect ...

Deep below the thick ice of Greenland lies a labyrinth of tunnels that were once thought to be the safest place on Earth in case of a war. First created during the Cold War, Project Iceworm saw ...

Greenland is the world's largest island and an autonomous Danish dependent territory with self-government and its own parliament. Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has ...

One reason could be how "massive" he believes the island to be. But Greenland is not nearly as large as it appears on most maps. The Mercator projection—which has been the standard map ...