Greenland is the largest island in the world and has the largest ice cap in the Northern Hemisphere. If that ice melts, the sea will rise more than 7 meters. But it’s not going to happen, is it? Well, not soon, but understanding how much of a sheet of ice …
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According to new research, a huge underground river that melts ice from the surface of Greenland could flow in a state of permanent darkness. The ‘Dark River’, nicknamed, is a fictional waterway that, if it really exists, extends 1000 kilometers (620 miles) from the interior of Greenland to the northwestern …
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Remains of a huge, ancient lake have been found under Greenland, buried under a sheet of ice in the northwest of the country and estimated to be millions, if not thousands, years old, scientists say. The giant ‘fossil lake bed’ is a phenomenon that scientists have never seen before in …
Read More »The ancient basin, now miles below the ice, is shaped like a meat cleaver. Image: Paxman et al., EPSL, 2020 Using radar and other ice-infiltration devices, scientists have discovered a “fossil lake” preserved under a sheet of Greenland ice, which is the first discovery of its kind. According to Columbia …
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This Greenland Ice Sheet According to a recently published study, it is on track to melt four times faster than at any stage in the last 12,000 years. New research highlights how extreme estimated damage can be in this century – and rejects the idea that current melting is part …
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