Greenland’s Ice Sheet is cracking open at the seams, literally falling apart at speeds indicative of the brutal and ...

A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

The team of researchers studied more than 8,000 3D maps of the Arctic ice-sheet's surface, made up of high-quality satellite pictures. From this they found that crevasses - or cracks - in the ice ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new ...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021 ...

A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open at an accelerating pace, with crevasses growing larger and deeper due to the effects of climate change. A new study using high-resolution 3D mapping has reveal ...

A study by Durham University reveals that the Greenland ice sheet is cracking faster due ... high-quality digital surface model of the Arctic. ArcticDEM imagery was provided by the Polar ...

In the Arctic ... and in Fram Strait is decreasing by 12.2%, and their height by 5%, per decade. Data from the Lincoln Sea, an area where particularly old ice is known to accumulate, paints ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea ...

6, 2025 — In the Arctic ... ridges are created when ice floes press against each other and ... ESA and NASA Satellites Deliver First Joint Picture of Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Dec. 20 ...

In 2024, annual average global air temperatures surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, ...