If AMOC Runs Amok, Life In The US & Europe Will Change Dramatically
AMOC, which includes the Gulf Stream, controls the climate in much of the northern hemisphere. What if it stops flowing?
AMOC, which includes the Gulf Stream, controls the climate in much of the northern hemisphere. What if it stops flowing?
Glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre shares her insights on climate change following a dangerous expedition to the Arctic led by free soloist Alex Honnold.
Greenland is home to the planet’s largest ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Observations collected from the ground, air, and space have revealed rapid thinning in the northeast part of this ice sheet that could contribute more to sea level rise than previously thought. “Rivers” of relatively fast-moving ice, known as … [continued]
A massive Antarctic glacier is less stable and could potentially cause more and more rapid sea level rise than previously predicted, a study published Monday in Nature Geoscience finds. The Thwaites Glacier, known as the “doomsday glacier” because it holds enough water to raise global sea levels by multiple feet, … [continued]
A team of climate scientists led by professor Jason Box of the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) say that even if we stopped putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere today, the amount of sea level rise from melting of the ice pack that covers most of … [continued]
Drilling into the Greenland ice sheet, researchers reconstructed the jet stream’s past.
Rain fell on the peak of the Greenland ice cap last week, something that hasn’t happened in over 12,000 years.
Originally published on The Beam. By Emanuela Barbiroglio The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is losing mass at an alarming rate, a new study published in the journal Nature has shown. The Beam interviewed Joshua Cuzzone, assistant project scientist at the University of California-Irvine and part of the team lead by … [continued]
The Wandel Sea and nearby waters north of Canada and Greenland, long known as the “last ice area” because climate scientists previously believed it would weather rising temperatures for decades, may not be as stable as previously thought. Last summer scientists were shocked to discover sea ice in the area … [continued]
Who remembers learning in grade school about Greenland and Iceland and that nifty switcheroo that Vikings used to keep other Vikings from realizing that Greenland wasn’t so green? Well, it turns out that story isn’t true, but the real history of Greenland is perhaps just as interesting: