Greenland is Shrinking and Drifting towards Northwest, Geoscientists Say

This happens due to plate tectonics and movements in the bedrock, caused by the large ice sheets on top melting and reducing pressure on the subsurface, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. The...

Colorado is a leader in wildlife crossings but funding cuts threaten protections

This article was originally published by Colorado Newsline. Hank Lacey Colorado Newsline Colorado will soon make history with a long-awaited wildlife crossing project on Interstate 25, but the state faces fiscal headwinds in continuing its plan to...

NASA Found a Secret Military Base Buried 100 Feet Deep in Greenland’s Ice Shelf

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: NASA scientists have found the remains of a U.S. military base buried 100 feet below the surface of the ice in Greenland. Camp Century, as it was called, was a Cold War-era satellite for the U.S....

What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Scientists have long warned that if global temperatures warmed more...

‘Meghalayan Age was erroneously chosen’: Top climatologist on Holocene debate

When the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced in 2018 that the youngest subdivision of the Holocene epoch would be called the Meghalayan Age, a ripple of pride passed across the northeastern hill state of Meghalaya. The...

Eclipse Raises $4M to Accelerate Drilling and Resource Upgrade at Greenland Rare Earths Project

Eclipse Metals Limited (ASX: EPM) (Eclipse or the Company) is pleased to advise it has received firm commitments to raise $4,000,000 (before costs) via a placement to institutional, professional, and sophisticated investors (Placement). The...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. It is the first time scientists have declared that Earth has likely...

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Scientists have long warned that if global temperatures warmed more...

Scientists drill deep into Tajik glacier to unlock secrets of Earth’s climate past

KON CHUKURBASHI, Oct 14 — Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting—yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen...

When U.S. Troops Fought Nazis in the Arctic: The Forgotten Battle for Greenland

When Nazi Germany overran Denmark in April 1940, the Danish colony of Greenland was suddenly cut off from its government. Under an April 9, 1941, defense agreement, the United States assumed responsibility for Greenland’s security. The pact led to...

World hits first climate tipping point, scientists warn

Stuti Mishra, The Independent The planet has crossed its initial climate tipping point, with scientists warning that global warming is now causing widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs. A landmark report, published on Monday, reveals that...

A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland's ice sheet

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense...

End of the world as we know it: Damning new report says Earth has reached its first climate ‘tipping point’

The Earth has reached its first climate tipping point, signaling a bleak new reality for the planet and hastening of a dire future scientists had once believed was still far away. In a damning new report Monday, 160 international researchers...

Mass Coral Die-Offs Confirm First Breach of a Major Climate Tipping Point

It's official: we no longer live on a planet with temperatures that can sustain warm-water coral reefs. This is the first of many fragile Earth systems set to topple as human activities continue to stoke our planet's fever, the 2025 Global Tipping...

Planet Hits First Climate Tipping Point: Coral Reefs Face Widespread Collapse

Scientists warn that the planet has already crossed its first catastrophic climate tipping point, with warm water coral reefs entering a stage of long-term decline that threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. The Global...

Science The Independent World reaches first climate tipping point as scientists issue urgent warning

The planet has crossed its initial climate tipping point, with scientists warning that global warming is now causing widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs. A landmark report, published on Monday, reveals that escalating temperatures are...

Scientists probe glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting - yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen scientists, accompanied...

Coral reefs are 1st environmental system to pass climate 'tipping point'

Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass bleaching events caused by climate change. Now,...

Science AFP Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen scientists, accompanied...

President Trump Wants Canada and Greenland to Join the US!: A New North America?

Canada should become the 51st state of the United States, and Greenland the 52nd, to catalyze a grand strategic reordering and unlock unprecedented potential for North American prosperity and global security, according to Trump. This proposal,...