Ice Sheets Today - National Snow and Ice Data Center
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Ice Sheets Today offers the latest satellite data and scientific analyses on surface melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere. Surface melt on each ice sheet results from a combination of daily weather conditions and the amount …
Long-lost Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea ...
WEBJul 20, 2023 · Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting rapidly and driving sea level rise, new satellite data finds. Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are 1.5 times higher now than they were...
NASA Study: More Greenland Ice Lost Than Previously Estimated
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Icebergs have tumbled from Greenland’s glaciers for thousands of years as part of a natural cycle that typically balanced glacier growth in the winter with melting and retreat in the summer. The new study finds that ice retreat has far outpaced growth throughout the 21st century.
NASA scientists surprised by pace of Greenland glacier ice melt
WEBJan 18, 2024 · The study published in the journal Nature found the ice shelf, which makes up 80 per cent of the surface of Greenland, lost an additional 1,034 gigatonnes of mass between 1985 and 2022.
Climate tipping points near for Greenland, but it’s not ... - NBC News
WEBOct 18, 2023 · New research suggests the Greenland ice sheet is on track to cross a critical threshold that could cause runaway melting, but that it’s also possible the threshold will be crossed...
Greenland’s Ice Sheet May Be Losing 20% More Ice Than …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Now, a new study reveals that about 20 percent more of the Greenland ice sheet has disappeared than previous estimates show. The missing ice has been breaking and melting from the ends of...
There's a window of hope to save Greenland's ice sheet from …
WEBOct 18, 2023 · Rivers of meltwater carve into the Greenland ice sheet. Melting at the ice sheet's surface can spur more melt, creating a dangerous feedback loop.
The more scientists study Greenland, the worse its ice melt looks
WEBThe Greenland ice sheet has lost about 1,965 square miles to glacial retreat since 1985, a new study says. That’s an area roughly the size of Delaware. The study analyzed satellite images to...
Greenland’s Glaciers Are Melting Faster - The New York Times
WEBNov 9, 2023 · Greenland’s mountain glaciers and floating ice shelves are melting faster than they were just a few decades ago and becoming destabilized, according to two separate studies published this...
Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt
WEBJun 6, 2013 · Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its 2-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface, according to measurements from three independent satellites analyzed by NASA and university scientists.