NASA’s OMG and Operation IceBridge missions are investigating the thinning of Greenland’s ice sheets from both above and below. Visit http://science.nasa.gov for more.
For the first time, underwater pingos have been found, outside of the permafrost regions. Domes of frozen methane may be warning signs for new blow-outs
Like ‘champagne bottles being opened’: Scientists document an ancient Arctic methane explosion What could possibly go wrong, ignoring climate change, the warnings or clues from
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A new NASA study finds that during Greenland’s hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier on the island’s west coast
The mass of the Greenland ice sheet has rapidly declined in the last several years due to surface melting and iceberg calving. Research based on
The mass of the Antarctic ice sheet has changed over the last several years. Research based on observations from NASA’s twin NASA/German Aerospace Center’s twin
In 2007, Denmark launched the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) to assess changes in the mass balance of the ice sheet.
Volcanism triggered by deglacial unloading may plausibly accelerate melting and water runoff through an albedo effect of dark tephra on snow and ice. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X16303892 Abstract
