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Melting from Greenland’s ice sheet broke records last year — losing a total of 532 gigatonnes of mass overall, analysis of satellite data has revealed. Experts led from Germany found that the ice loss in 2019 was 15 per cent higher than the previous worst year on record — which was 2012. However, they also … Read more
Greenland’s glaciers have already passed the ‘point of no return’ beyond which the ice would continue to melt away even if global warming stopped, a study has found. Experts from the US used nearly 40 years of satellite data to measure the annual rate of ice loss and snow accumulation on 200 large glaciers around … Read more
Clear skies and warm temperatures in 2019 are responsible for the worst year on record for Greenland’s vast ice sheet, a study reveals. It also found that atmospheric factors, such as clear skies and high pressure, are currently not included in climate predictions for the future. Therefore, the researchers from Columbia University state, models may … Read more
Dip of the iceberg! Divers defy -27C temperatures to capture breath-taking pictures beneath Greenland’s enormous floating chunks of ice Anna von Boetticher, 49, and Tobias Friedrich, 39, took on the challenge in Tasiilaq, East-Greenland The working time for the pair was only limited especially since Anna was only wearing 6mm neopren suit They were only able … Read more