A sudden flood from a hidden lake beneath Greenland's ice sheet reveals a powerful meltwater process not currently accounted for in climate change models. As global warming intensifies, researchers ...

Approximately 400,000 years ago, some areas of Greenland that are now covered by a thick layer of ice were exposed to fresh ...

Scientists were caught by surprise after discovering a massive flood of subglacial lakewater burst through Greenland’s ice sheet, spilling copious amounts of water across its surface. As detailed in a ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet — the second largest ice sheet on Earth — has been melting at its fastest rate in 12,000 years due to rising surface temperatures caused by man-made climate change, according ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A team of researchers from Western Washington University (WWU) spent the past week in Greenland, conducting climate research focused on the Greenland ice sheet, the world’s second ...

The work is "very rewarding." Researchers make game-changing discovery while studying massive ice sheet: 'There's water flowing all over the place' first appeared on The Cool Down.

For the first time on record, rain fell at the summit of Greenland ice sheet. Last weekend, temperatures at Greenland’s highest point rose above freezing for the first time this decade. That fueled an ...

If 24 billion gallons of water burst through the ice sheet in Greenland, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? While one can debate the philosophy of perception for ages, multiple ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ancient sediment pulled from nearly a mile below the Greenland ice sheet — and later stored for roughly two decades at the University at Buffalo, whose researchers are still studying ...