glaciers of Greenland

A research buoy used for monitoring ocean climate conditions in the sea close to a Greenland glacier has been found washed up on a Highlands beach. The buoy, moored 1,000m (3,281ft) down, last transmitted in 2015 and was thought to be lost after unsuccessful efforts to retrieve it. On 9 February, the ...

Such costs make glacier engineering in polar regions a competitive alternative, according to the team, which is led by John Moore, professor of climate change at the University of Lapland. “We think that geoengineering of glaciers could delay much of Greenland and Antarctica's grounded ice from reaching ...

The first idea is to stop the flow of warm water heading toward the glaciers. This could be done in Greenland with a 100-meter-high wall, or berm, across a five-kilometer fjord blocking water from the Atlantic from eating away at the glacier. The authors point out that a project of this size is feasible. "Ten times ...

Balog has traveled the world to document the effects of climate change and the melting of glaciers, and his work has come together in “Extreme Ice,” an exhibit that opens March 23 at the ... PHOTO: This photo of Birthday Canyon shows a meltwater river that was formed by glacier melt in Greenland. Toward ...

Photographs taken of the Mogens North glacier in southeast Greenland in 1932 and 2013 show how much ice has been lost in the past eight decades. UCI glaciologists have created new maps of this part of Greenland using data from NASA missions and learned why some of the massive, moving ice slabs ...

"We have been able to demonstrate unequivocally that glacier retreat in southeast Greenland is controlled by the topography of the bedrock under the ice and by ocean temperature." Millan, a UCI graduate student researcher in Earth system science, and his colleagues analyzed 20 major outlet glaciers in ...

The front lines of climate change run through the rapidly warming Arctic. The changes taking place on this faraway, frozen island will be felt much closer to home, wherever you live. From the top of the world, meet the scientists looking for clues of what to expect from a warming world. By Steve Baragona | VOA News.

Glaciers in Greenland and at lower latitudes are relatively wet because their surfaces melt in summer, and rivers flow beneath them. In Antarctica, by contrast, there is little seasonal melting and much less water below the ice sheet. For example, the base of Pine Island Glacier releases about 50 cubic metres ...

It may not rank among the all-time greatest dramas, but the history of ice on Greenland has been a source of scientific controversy for more than a decade. A study led by UCLA climate scientist Aradhna Tripati appears to put the debate to rest, with major implications for future research across a range of ...