Greenland’s temperatures warmest in last 1000 years, says study
The temperatures in north-central Greenland are the warmest they’ve been in the last 1,000 years, says new data released this
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Environment (Denmark/Greenland)
Marine ecosystem off Southeast Greenland may have crossed tipping point, says study
The marine ecosystem off southeast Greenland may have crossed an important tipping point and entered a new regime, says research published
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Blog: Warmer, wetter, darker—What’s happening to the “frozen North”?
2022 has seen exceptional warmth and ice melt in the Arctic, with consequences for the whole planet. But against the
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Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level more than 27 centimetres, study says
Dead ice is doomed to melt, no matter what happens with future carbon pollution Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will
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Glowing snailfish full of antifreeze proteins found off coast of Greenland
A fish detected off the coast of Greenland has attracted researchers’ attention, not only because of its green and red
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Warming waters could force Arctic whales further north, research suggests
Big changes could lie ahead for the ranges of whales like narwhals, bowheads and belugas that rely on cold water and sea ice,
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Equipment for Arctic ice survey tested this summer in German highlands
New equipment for a current Arctic ice survey underway in Canada and in Greenland was tested this summer in the
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Physiological responses in narwhal disrupted by seismic surveys, says study
Sounds from the seismic air guns used in oil exploration disrupt the typical physiological responses in diving narwhals, says new
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Faroe Islands issues provisional dolphin catch limit for 2022, 2023
The Government of the Faroe Islands has issued a provisional dolphin catch limit for 2022 and 2023. The quota will
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German icebreaker leaves for Arctic ice research trip
German icebreaker Polarstern left for a seven-week research trip on Tuesday were scientists will focus on ice and glaciers. June
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Climate change accelerating ice loss from peripheral glaciers
Greenland’s peripheral glaciers make up only four per cent of the island’s ice cover but are contributing up to 11
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Researchers identify polar bear population that hunts off glacier ice
A genetically distinct polar bear population that hunts off freshwater ice has been identified in Greenland, researchers outline in a
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Blog: Polar opposites? Greenland’s new coalition government
Last month, the Government of Greenland announced [in Danish] a radical change in its makeup. This was the departure of one
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Melting of Greenland glacier generating its own heat and accelerating thaw from base, says study
The melting of a Greenland glacier is, in turn, generating its own heat, and accelerating the rate of thaw of
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Blog: Thawing permafrost: Arctic future on shaky ground bodes ill for the global climate
When I first visited Greenland on a reporting trip in the summer of 2009, my first stop, like that of
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