For the first time, scientists have captured detailed measurements of water vapor high above Greenland’s vast ice sheet.

The findings were published March 14 in JGR Atmospheres. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Greenland lost about 55 gigatons of ice and snow between fall 2023 and ...

Between 2002 and 2023, Greenland lost 270 billion tons of frozen water each ... Even given the rapid loss of Greenland’s 650,000-square-mile ice sheet, though, it would take a long while to lose it ...

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ...

That's because the dogs were in fact wading through ankle-deep meltwater on top of sea ice in Inglefield Bredning, an 80km-long (49.7 miles) system in northwestern Greenland. "I learned to see the ...

"It’s alluding to the fact that this thicker sea ice north of Greenland is not as sustainable as it once was," Linette Boisvert, the ARCSIX cryosphere lead, told Space.com. The Arctic has lost ...

How much ice stays frozen in Greenland, and for how long, is a question of global concern ... Greenland ice loss is irreversible—what has already been lost and future losses to come. The Greenland Ice ...

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Greenland lost about 55 gigatons of ice and snow between fall 2023 and fall 2024. The island is shedding ice for the 28th ...