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

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

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

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

Greenland lacks a road or rail network, so people rely on helicopters, planes and boats to get around. Rising temperatures and melting ice are meanwhile opening new and shorter shipping routes, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the ...