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NEWS ABOUT: Greenland

Greenland stories: 16 news summaries

 Glaciers May Vanish 
 in 'Geologic Instant' 

Prehistoric glacier's rapid meltdown could happen again: researchers

Jun 22, 09 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - New data about a prehistoric Canadian glacier that rapidly vanished is giving scientists a stronger model to predict the radical effects of climate change. It's very possible that the same conditions could quickly shrink today's larger ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, prompting sea levels to soar in a "... More »

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climate change • global warming • study • Greenland • Antarctica • glacier • ice melt • Jakobshavn Glacier

(Newser) - Increases in sea level caused by climate change could be dramatically larger than the world average in the densely populated Northeast, LiveScience reports. A new study shows that the melting Greenland ice cap and ocean dynamics will push 12 to 20 more inches of water toward New England and Canada... More »

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climate change • New York City • Northeast • Boston • Greenland • sea level • glacier • scientific study • ocean currents • melting ice

Global Warming Will Buoy East Coast Sea Level

Altered Atlantic current means higher flood risk from Boston-DC

Mar 16, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The effect of climate change on Atlantic currents will boost the threat of flooding along the US East Coast more than glacial melting alone, a study predicts. New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, are expected to experience more shoreline encroachment and have higher risk of storm surges as changing currents... More »

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New York City • Boston • Washington DC • Greenland • sea level • flooding • glacier • ocean temperature • glacial melt • ocean currents

 Greenland Votes for Self-Rule 

Danish territory wants to control own police force, oil fields

Nov 26, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Three-fourths of the Greenlanders who voted in yesterday’s referendum on self-rule want more autonomy from Denmark, Time reports. The historic vote—which must still be adopted by parliaments in Copenhagen and Nuuk—puts the world’s largest island on the path to becoming the first independent Inuit state. But... More »

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independence • Greenland • Denmark • oil drilling • Inuit • autonomy

 Warmest Year Ever 
 Threatens Arctic Wildlife 

Greenland ice shelf loses 24 cubic miles to melting

Oct 16, 08 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Arctic had its warmest year on record in 2007, and a new government report underscores the unsettling consequences for ice sheets and wildlife, ABC News reports. The report reiterates many of the familiar scenarios of late about the region—sea ice is vanishing at a record pace and permafrost... More »

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climate change • Arctic • Greenland • polar bear • walruses

 Rubber Duckies 
 Tracking Glacier 

Bathtub toys to reveal glacier's flow

Sep 22, 08 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A key experiment that may help unlock more secrets of global warming involves planting 90 rubber duckies into one of Greenland's fastest moving glaciers, Reuters reports. US scientists are hoping some of the ducks will be found as they emerge into Baffin Bay to help track rate and movement of... More »

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NASA • global warming • Greenland • Titanic • Jakobshavn Glacier • icebergs • rubber ducks • moulins • Alberto Behar

 Scientists Spot
 Crack at Top
 of the World

Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier breaking up

Aug 22, 08 1:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge crack—seven miles long and a half-mile wide—has opened in a northern Greenland glacier as an 11-square-mile chunk of ice appears to be breaking off. The phenomenon is occurring in the Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier, once thought largely immune to the effects of global warming, reports... More »

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Arctic • Greenland • glacier • ice melt • Petermann glacier • Byrd Polar Research Center • Center for the Study of Earth from Space • Jakobshavn glacier

OPINION

 Melting Greenland Bares Chilling View of Our Future

'Climate-speak' dominates conversation of troubled residents

Aug 6, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Want to see what we’re in for as the planet keeps warming? Visit Greenland, where climate change has even created a new kind of language for its people, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times. Conversations on the melting island are now peppered with phrases expressing amazement... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Greenland

OPINION

 Ice Reveals Climate History

Research offers window into changes

Aug 3, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Over the next three summers in Greenland, a group of international scientists will unearth samples of the country’s ice core down to its very bedrock, in the hopes of painting a complete picture of Earth's changing climate. Each layer provides a dated mixture of water and air bubbles that... More »

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climate change • global warming • Greenland • research • polar ice caps • Thomas Friedman • Arctic Circle • scientific research

 Polar Bear Shot
 After 200-Mile Swim 

It was the first to arrive in Iceland for 15 years

Jun 6, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Iceland shot dead a polar bear that swam more than 200 miles to reach the island nation, the Guardian reports. The bear, thought to be the first to reach Iceland since 1993, probably came from Greenland or a floating chunk of Arctic ice. Authorities said they had to... More »

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endangered species • Arctic • Greenland • polar bear • Iceland

Antarctica Speeds Into Trouble

Disturbing new discovery indicates climate change is accelerating

Jan 14, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Parts of Antarctica thought to be unaffected by global warming are in fact melting as the temperature of the oceans rises, and in parts of the continent, annual ice loss has jumped 140% in the past decade, new research shows. Satellite mapping shows change on a previously unimagined scale, reports... More »

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Greenland • Antarctica • ice melt • western Antarctic ice sheet • Nature Geoscience • Antarctic Circumpolar Current • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Eric Rignot • Rajendra Pachauri • American Geophysical Union

Arctic Melting Faster Than Worst-Case Predictions

'The Arctic is screaming,' says scientist

Dec 12, 07 4:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Greenland's Arctic ice melted at rates far surpassing any previous year in 2007, according to new data, indicating that the change is happening far faster than predicted. "The Arctic is screaming," said one scientist. If melting continues at this rate, the Arctic Ocean would be "nearly ice-free"... More »

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climate change • global warming • Greenland • ice melt • Arctic 2007

Resource-Rich Greenland Looks to Break Free

Another consequence of climate change may be independence

Oct 16, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming has put Greenland’s mineral and oil deposits within reach, raising the volume on long-simmering chatter about independence. Denmark supplies much of the island's budget—including a substantial welfare system—but the self-sufficiency offered by melting ice means Greenlanders may no longer need the Danes at all, reports... More »

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oil • Europe • independence • Greenland • Denmark • US • minerals • welfare

Tourism Heats Up as Arctic Does

Travelers flock to see dwindling ice caps, speeding up their destruction

Sep 24, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The effects of global warming are drawing a crowd. About 1.5 million people will visit the arctic this year, as climate tourists swarm to see the world’s ice caps as they are beginning to melt. But it’s an ironic endeavor, the Wall Street Journal notes, because eco-tourists... More »

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global warming • tourism • ecotourism • Arctic • Greenland • ice melt

Danes Join Scramble for Arctic

Denmark to launch expedition to Arctic to defend territorial claims

Aug 11, 07 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Danish expedition is set to head for the Arctic tomorrow, joining the scramble to claim polar territories. A team of 40 scientists and massive icebreakers are heading north to prove that a 2,000-kilometer underwater mountain range stretching to the pole is an extension of Greenland, and accordingly belongs... More »

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Russia • United Nations • global warming • Canada • North Pole • Arctic • Greenland • Denmark • Stephen Harper • Arctic race

Global Warming:
Who Wins?

Mar 21, 07 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming is a looming planetary disaster, but there will be winners along with the losers, writes Brookings Institute Fellow Gregg Easterbrook. While arable regions turn into arid wasteland and coastal communities sink beneath rising oceans, climate change could trigger a real estate and mineral resources boom in balmier Alaska,... More »

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climate change • energy • environment • drought • global warming • Siberia • Greenland • sea level • green energy

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