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climate-change
Futurism
2 months ago
Environment

Bill Nye Issues Warning for the World

Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting due to climate change, releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
The melting of Greenland's ice sheet is causing rising sea levels, disrupting weather patterns, and potentially impacting the circulation of the ocean. [ more ]
Mail Online
3 months ago
OMG science

Greenland is turning GREEN: Area of ice the size of Wales has melted

11,000 sq miles of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers melted over three decades
Loss represents about 1.6 per cent of Greenland's total ice and glacier cover [ more ]
PUNCH
3 months ago
Cocktails

Time to Burn the Ice?

Arctic Ice, a startup shipping ice from Greenland's glaciers, is facing backlash for potentially accelerating climate change.
The company claims to harvest free-floating icebergs, not glacier ice, and has permits to take a small percentage of Greenlandic ice that falls into the ocean annually. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
OMG science

How Much Ice Is Greenland Losing? Researchers Found an Answer.

Around 20% more of Greenland's ice sheet has disappeared than previous estimates show.
Almost every glacier in Greenland is retreating, adding to the influx of freshwater that has implications for global climate models and ocean currents. [ more ]
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english.elpais.com
3 weeks ago
OMG science

Earth's protective sky is at least 3.7 billion years old

The Isua Greenstone Belt in Greenland holds evidence of Earth's first magnetic field 3.7 billion years ago, crucial for understanding the development of life and planetary conditions. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
2 months ago
Europe politics

Von der Leyen heads to Greenland as EU seeks materials for green transition

Strategic importance of Greenland due to raw materials
EU's interest in Greenland for green transition [ more ]
Bloomberg
4 months ago
Privacy technologies

Bloomberg

AI-powered drones are being used to map Greenland's melting ice sheet
The drones are equipped with sensors and machine learning algorithms to analyze the data collected [ more ]
Truthout
5 months ago
Environment

Atmospheric CO2 Has Reached Levels Not Seen in 14 Million Years, New Study Finds

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels today are as high as they were when Greenland was free of ice and the grassland ecosystems hadn't evolved yet.
Human activity, mainly burning fossil fuels and deforestation, has caused a significant increase in global carbon dioxide levels. [ more ]
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