Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made precise, detailed measurements of how the elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets …read more Source:: Science
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Melting glaciers causing sea levels to rise at ever greater rates
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•Melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic as well as ice melt from glaciers all over the world are causing sea levels to rise. Glaciers alone lost more than …read more Source:: Science
Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt
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•Meltwater from Greenland’s ice sheet is a leading contributor to global sea level rise, and a new study shows that an underappreciated factor — the position of the snowline on …read more Source:: Science
NASA finds possible second impact crater under Greenland ice
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•A NASA glaciologist has discovered a possible second impact crater buried under more than a mile of ice in northwest Greenland. …read more Source:: Science
Greenland ice melting four times faster than in 2003
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•Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought — and will likely lead to faster sea level rise — thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, a …read more Source:: Science
Massive impact crater from a kilometer-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland
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•An international team has discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the ice-sheet in the northern Greenland. This is the first time that a crater of any size …read more Source:: Science
Melting ice makes the sea around Greenland less saline
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•For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. The observed increase in freshwater content will affect the …read more Source:: Science
Summer sea ice melt in the Arctic
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•Earlier this year Arctic sea ice sank to a record low wintertime extent for the third straight year. Now NASA is flying a set of instruments north of Greenland to …read more Source:: Science