Greenland ice sheet

A vast, white sheet of ice

Rapid ice melt and sea-level rise will be part of our global future — no matter what

Climate Change

The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting at alarming rates due to climate change and will continue to do so for decades — even if the Paris climate agreement goals are met.

A red helicopter is shown landed on the Greenland ice sheet with team of three professors and three students unload their gear.

PHOTOS: Up close and personal with Greenland’s massive ice sheet

The Big Melt
Three people walk across ground covered in ice and snow as the horizon stretches behind them.

As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’

The Big Melt
Two men stand on rocky land as mountains and snow stretch out behind them. One holds a drill of some kind and is drilling into the rock.

If the Greenland ice sheet melts, what happens to New York City? This reporter went to find out.

A calving glacier off Greenland

A seven-year-old photo captures the thunderous changes in Arctic glacier melt

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Two new studies suggest more melting is in store for the Greenland ice sheet

Environment

When it comes to global warming, it appears that the greatest rate of warming is happening at the poles. That conclusion was strengthened recently by a couple of new studies focusing on the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. They each looked at different measurements, but both agreed that the impacts of global warming on the ice are underestimated.

Scientists say the retreat of west Antarctica’s ice sheet is unstoppable

Environment

Scientists say a massive ice sheet in Antarctica is starting to collapse. It’s not going to slide into the ocean over night, but rather over centuries. Still, it will fall, scientists say. It’s gotten to the point it can’t be stopped — and that means rising sea levels.Scientists say a massive ice sheet in Antarctica is starting to collapse. It’s not going to slide into the ocean over night, but rather over centuries. Still, it will fall, scientists say. It’s gotten to the point it can’t be stopped — and that means rising sea levels.

Climate disruption and sea level rise

Environment

Thanks to a new study from the Potsdam Institute in Germany, it’s possible to measure how global warming will raise sea levels. The report predicted for every degree Celsius of global warming, sea levels are expected to rise seven feet.

Greenland ice sheet experiences massive melt in mid-July

Environment

That Greenland’s massive ice sheet melts during the summer is nothing new, but the size and speed of a recent thaw is. NASA scientists say a four-day melt in mid-July was the largest one in more than three decades of satellite observation.

Huge ice island breaks off of Greenland glacier

Environment

A massive ice island broke off of the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. The iceberg, which contains enough fresh water to supply every American for half a year, is roughly twice the size of Manhattan in New York.