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An important ice cap vanished in Greenland about 7,000 years ago
Deep under Greenland’s ice, a thin layer of frozen dirt and rock has been holding a secret for thousands of years. Now, a drilling project co-led by the University at Buffalo has brought that secret ...
In northwestern Greenland, researchers working on the GreenDrill project have cored through a 500-meter-thick ice dome. They found something startling: the dome completely disappeared 7,000 years ago.
Greenland’s vast ice sheet is often framed as a distant symbol of climate change, but the shifts unfolding there are poised to quietly reshape coastlines and communities far from the Arctic. If all of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rusting fuel drums and vehicles remain at an abandoned U.S. World War II base in Greenland. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images ...
New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey On snow it’s green or red. On ice it’s a brownish ...
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