Significant areas of Greenland’s melted ice sheet are now producing vegetation, risking increased greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea levels and instability of the landscape. A…
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Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals
The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which…
View More Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study revealsEarth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn
Many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer, as carbon pollution heats the planet to ever more dangerous levels, scientists have warned. Five…
View More Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warnDNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world
Two-million-year-old DNA from northern Greenland has revealed that the region was once home to mastodons, lemmings and geese, offering unprecedented insights into how climate change…
View More DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic worldMelting point: could ‘cloud brightening’ slow the thawing of the Arctic?
Like the apocryphal frog that doesn’t notice the rising water temperature until it’s boiled alive, we as a global society are still struggling to recognise…
View More Melting point: could ‘cloud brightening’ slow the thawing of the Arctic?‘It was like an apocalyptic movie’: 20 climate photographs that changed the world
An iceberg threatens a village in Greenland, July 2018, Magnus Kristensen For a week in July 2018, a giant 100m-tall iceberg loomed over a tiny…
View More ‘It was like an apocalyptic movie’: 20 climate photographs that changed the worldWeather tracker: UK and northern Europe forecast to be windiest places on Earth
The UK and northern Europe are likely to be the windiest places on the planet this weekend. Areas of low pressure, driven by a strengthening…
View More Weather tracker: UK and northern Europe forecast to be windiest places on EarthWorld on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds
The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study. It shows five dangerous tipping…
View More World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study findsThe last hunt? Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’
Age Hammeken Danielsen has hunted narwhals since he was a child. He and his father would travel along Greenland’s fjords on a small motorboat, armed…
View More The last hunt? Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’Nanoplastic pollution found at both of Earth’s poles for first time
Nanoplastic pollution has been detected in polar regions for the first time, indicating that the tiny particles are now pervasive around the world. The nanoparticles…
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