These northern Greenland ice shelves, as they are called, have lost 35 percent of their overall volume since 1978, the research published in Nature Communications found. That’s equivalent to a ...

The Greenland ice sheet is the second-largest contributor to sea level rise, and as temperatures rise, glaciers in the northern parts of the region are becoming "extremely vulnerable." ...

A glacier in northern Greenland on October 4, 2023. The region's glaciers are destabilizing as the ice shelves melt, according to the new study. - Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images ...

Weather dictates where NASA scientists fly in extreme regions such as northern Greenland, and they selected the route just before takeoff. The discovery of Camp Century happened by chance, but was ...

The study also noted the glaciers in North Greenland have ice that can “raise sea level by 2.1 meters” and have long been considered to be stable. In imperial measurement, that’s about 7 feet.

Aurora also offers two shorter expeditions in 2026: the 17-day Arctic Golden Autumn & Northern Lights itinerary in August and ...

Since 2007, a Danish vessel bearing his name has patrolled the waters around Greenland. Half-Starved, Three-Quarters Crazy: How Two Explorers Survived Alone in Northern Greenland in 1911-12 ...

Greenland holds enough ice – if it all melted – to lift sea level by 7.5 meters around the world. A lone seal sunbathes on sea ice off the northwest coast of Greenland.

North Greenland is known for being "the land of the midnight sun and dog sledding" as a polar desert with massive icebergs. But that wasn't always the case – 2 million years ago, it was "a ...

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — At the top of the world, northern Greenland’s huge glaciers — long thought to be relatively stable — are in trouble, a new study shows. As the ocean warms ...

A glacier in northern Greenland on October 4, 2023. The region's glaciers are destabilizing as the ice shelves melt, according to the new study. Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images ...