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Greenland’s Ice Sheet Surface Melt Is Accelerating While Antarctica’s Slows Down, Study Finds

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Surface Melt Is Accelerating While Antarctica’s Slows Down, Study Finds

According to a new study by researchers at the Netherlands’ Utrecht University and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), the rate at which Greenland’s surface ice has been melting has increased in recent decades, while surface ice melt in Antarctica has slowed. For the study, the researchers examined the role that katabatic and Foehn winds […]

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    Toxic Nanoplastics Found at North and South Poles

    Toxic Nanoplastics Found at North and South Poles

    There is increasing alarm about the extent of microplastic pollution, which has been found everywhere from Everest to the Arctic.  However, it turns out there’s an even smaller and more toxic form of plastic pollution infiltrating remote reaches of the globe. A new study published in Environmental Research found significant quantities of nanoplastics in ice […]

    Rain Observed at Greenland Ice Sheet Summit for First Time on Record

    Rain Observed at Greenland Ice Sheet Summit for First Time on Record

    By Jake Johnson This past weekend, researchers at the National Science Foundation’s Summit Station observed rainfall at the peak of Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet for the first time on record — an event driven by warming temperatures. “This was the third time in less than a decade, and the latest date in the year […]

    ‘Future Belongs to Renewable Energy’: Greenland Ditches All Oil Drilling

    ‘Future Belongs to Renewable Energy’: Greenland Ditches All Oil Drilling

    By Andrea Germanos Greenland announced Thursday a halt on new oil and gas exploration, citing climate and other environmental impacts. “Great news!” responded the Center for International Environmental Law. The government of Greenland, an autonomous Danish dependent territory, framed the move as necessary to transition away from fossil fuels. “The future does not lie in […]

    High Levels of Mercury Found in Greenland’s Glaciers

    High Levels of Mercury Found in Greenland’s Glaciers

    By Isabela Martel When British environmental geochemist Jon Hawkings arrived in Greenland for the first time in 2012, he was impressed. “It’s mind-blowing: You look onto the horizon and it’s just ice and it goes on for 150, 200 kilometers at least.” He went to the Arctic with a group of international scientists. Their goal […]

    ‘We Need to Act Now’: Glaciers Melting at Unprecedented Pace, Study Reveals

    ‘We Need to Act Now’: Glaciers Melting at Unprecedented Pace, Study Reveals

    By Brett Wilkins Researchers warned of the need for urgent climate action as a study published Wednesday revealed that the world’s mountain glaciers are melting at an unprecedented pace, with glacial thinning rates outside Antarctica and Greenland doubling this century. For the first time ever, researchers analyzed three-dimensional satellite measurements of the world’s approximately 220,000 […]