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Undergraduate researchers prepare to take radiation measurements during their expedition to the Greenland Ice Sheet last June.
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Seeing the Greenland Ice Sheet Through Students’ Eyes

by Chelsea E. Snide, Lydia Gilbert, Abigail Meyer, Perry Samson, Mark Flanner and Jeremy Bassis 4 February 20205 October 2021

A team of students and faculty advisers revisited the site of pioneering geosciences expeditions from the 1920s, looking to introduce young researchers to polar science.

A pool of meltwater on Greenland’s ice sheet
Posted inNews

A New Source of Sea Level Rise from Greenland: Ice Slabs

by Jenessa Duncombe 10 December 201911 January 2022

Runoff from the Greenland ice sheet’s high elevations could double by 2100, thanks to solid layers of ice hiding just beneath the surface.

Photograph of an ancient Norse archeological site, called Anavik, in western Greenland
Posted inNews

Global Warming Is Conquering the Vikings

by L. Joel 27 August 201916 December 2021

Ancient Arctic artifacts are disappearing as warming unfurls.

Melt river on Greenland Ice Sheet 1 August 2019
Posted inNews

Greenland Ice Sheet Beats All-Time 1-Day Melt Record

by Jenessa Duncombe 2 August 201911 January 2022

More ice melted from the ice sheet on 1 August 2019 than any other day on record.

Dust storm in the Greenland Ice Sheet outwash plain near Kangerlussuaq
Posted inNews

Abrupt Arctic Climate Shifts Trigger Rapid Ecosystem Responses

by C. Katz 1 August 20193 November 2021

New research finds that the Greenland environment is highly sensitive to recent warming trends.

Helheim Glacier Greenland and surrounding icy landscape
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling the Subsurface Hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet

by Aaron Sidder 7 June 201911 January 2022

Firn aquifers—pockets of meltwater beneath the surface of an ice sheet—could have far-reaching impacts on subglacial hydrology, a new study finds.

Meltwater flows in a canyon around 30 meters deep in Greenland.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Ice Algal Blooms from Space

by E. Underwood 17 April 20196 June 2022

Satellite data reveal how colorful algae are melting the Greenland ice sheet.

River water carrying sediment flows into the ocean.
Posted inNews

Sand from Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Could Bring in Business

by Jenessa Duncombe 21 March 20195 November 2021

The effects of climate change could fuel a new sand mining industry in Greenland.

Trucks assemble outside an icy entrance to Camp Century in Greenland.
Posted inNews

Podcast: Toxic City Under the Ice

by Lauren Lipuma 18 March 201928 September 2021

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun recounts the history of a top-secret military project with unintended environmental consequences.

Greenland iceberg
Posted inNews

Icebergs Reveal Contours of the Ocean Bottom

by Katherine Kornei 10 January 20195 January 2022

Using satellite imagery of grounded icebergs near Greenland, researchers estimate the drafts of these ice masses and therefore water depth, measurements that shed light on future sea level rise.

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