Researchers of the EastGRIP project, a 14-nations research project on ice core drilling on the Greenland ice sheet, recently made a significant discovery: ice streams flow as a single block into the oceans, sliding on mud rather than on water. This discovery will have...
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...
The north of Greenland has long been considered somewhat more resistant to global warming than the rest of the island, in part because of the remaining multi-year ice cover in the region. But in recent years, the ice here has also been breaking up with increasing...
“Beyond EPICA” is one of several projects dedicated to finding the oldest ice in Antarctica. The EU-funded project consists of twelve European research institutions, including the University of Berne and the Alfred Wegener Institute. It is led by the...
