Geneviève Pons is Director and Vice-President of the Europe Jacques Delors institute and co-chair of Antarctica 2020. Jérôme Chappellaz is glaciologist at CNRS, French National Centre for Scientific Research, and the former Director of the French Polar...
The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest mass of ice on the planet, only surpassed by the Antarctic ice sheet. Covering an area of 1.7 million square kilometers and reaching an average thickness of 2,000 meters, it appears invulnerable. And yet, a study shows...
Emil Frammé Hansen (left) and Nicklas Flenø Mikaelsen. Photo: Cykeldrengene Nicklas and Emil, the two Danish “Cykeldrengene” (bike boys), can draw on an impressive wealth of experience in their mid-20s. Next week, on April 26, 2023, they are set to embark...
The Greenland ice sheet has not been included in Arctic mercury budgets despite increasing annual meltwater discharge to the ocean and high mercury levels in Arctic organisms. The results of the current study are likely to change that. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger...
Alison Criscitiello, a glaciologist at the University of Alberta’s Canadian Ice Core Laboratory and author of the new study, drills an ice core from the ice cap of Devon Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. Photo: Anja Rutishauser With the enforcement of the...
