Climate scientists thought stronger atmospheric rivers would accelerate Greenland's ice loss—but it might actually be slowing ...

A well-timed atmospheric river dropped enough snow on Greenland for its ice sheet to lose 8% less mass than expected.

The rise in global temperatures has already reached the level of an unprecedented threat to humanity and the entire ecosystem ...

Numerous studies have also shown that the melting of Greenland's ice sheet has picked up speed. If the ice mass, the second largest in the world after Antarctica, were to melt completely it could ...

Contribution to Sea Level Rise The ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica play a pivotal role in global sea level changes.

A recent study finds that algae can store nutrients, potentially allowing them to spread across more of the ice sheet, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current acts as a kind of “ocean conveyor belt” shifting immense columns of water through the ...

Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party has won the recent parliamentary elections, defeating the incumbent coalition. The vote focused on independence from Denmark, influenced by U.S.