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snowfall in greenland

31 Jul 2022

Greenland is under threat due to climate change

Greenland, the world's largest island, has been covered by a thick sheet of ice for thousands of years. But now it is under threat due to climate change. View Report

04 May 2016

Volcanoes erupted beneath ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago

The new findings could help reveal if the Martian environment had flowing water and was once habitable.

31 Mar 2016

Antarctic melt can double sea-level rise

A new study has revealed that if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, a melting Antarctica will bring a massive sea-level rise, pushing it almost 50 feet by 2500.

Greenland's ice sheet

30 Mar 2016

This is how Greenland's ice sheet looks from 40,000 feet!

Have you ever wondered of how a glacier looks from above? Well, thanks to a team of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) field campaign that we get to witness the beautiful image of Greenland's ice sheet taken from 40, 000 feet.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet

10 Feb 2016

Global warming: West Antarctic ice sheet could melt in next 1,000 years!

The Antarctic already today contributes to the annual sea level rise with 0.4 millimetres, as per scientific findings.

Greenland ice sheet

13 Jan 2016

Clouds blamed for rapid Greenland ice sheet melt

Clouds are raising the temperature of the Greenland ice Sheet and accounting for as much as 30 percent of the ice sheet melt, researchers say.

16 Dec 2015

East Antarctic Ice Sheet has remained frozen for 14 million years

Using an innovative technique to date one of Antarctica's ancient lake deposits, researchers have determined that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, or EAIS, has remained frozen for the past 14 million years.

15 Nov 2015

This fast-melting glacier can change world's coastlines forever

By itself, the Zachariae Isstrom glacier holds enough water to trigger a half-meter rise in ocean levels around the world.

30 Oct 2015

Greenland ice sheet not melting as fast as feared

The new study showed that despite dramatic increase in ice melt across Greenland in recent years, the speed of ice movement in some areas has slowed down rather than accelerated.

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