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Sea ice acts as ‘pacemaker’ for abrupt climate change
An international study involving researchers from the UK, Norway, Germany Australia, South Korea and the US has confirmed that changes in sea ice cover in the Norwegian Sea played a key role in driving...
View ArticleDrone images show Greenland Ice Sheet becoming more unstable as it fractures
The world’s second-largest ice sheet, and the single largest contributor to global sea level rise, is potentially becoming unstable because of fractures developing in response to faster ice flow and...
View ArticleOver-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland
Medieval Greenlanders may have chased dwindling walrus herds ever farther north in an effort to maintain their economy, when the value of walrus ivory tanked after the introduction of elephant tusks...
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Lakes on Greenland Ice Sheet can drain huge amounts of water, even in winter
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used radar data from a European Space Agency satellite to show that even when the heat from the Sun is absent, these lakes can discharge large amounts...
View ArticleFibre-optics used to take the temperature of Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists have used fibre-optic sensing to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ever taken on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Their findings will be used to make more accurate models of...
View ArticleAccelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
The world’s second-largest ice sheet is melting from the bottom up – and generating huge amounts of heat from hydropower.
View ArticleResearchers build more detailed picture of the movement of Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers have found that the movement of glaciers in Greenland is more complex than previously thought, with deformation in regions of warmer ice containing small amounts of water accounting for...
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Medieval monks accidentally recorded some of history’s biggest volcanic...
An international team, including researchers from the University of Cambridge, drew on readings of medieval texts, along with ice core and tree ring data, to accurately date some of the biggest...
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