Iceberg Tagging in Greenland Enables International Maritime Situational Awareness
An unprecedented international effort yields real-time iceberg data for maritime situational awareness in the polar regions.
Read moreTag Archives: Greenland
Variation in Air Pressure Patterns Creates Extreme Ice Melt Conditions
Scientists have known for years that warming global climate is melting the Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice sheet in the world. A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), however, shows that the rate of melting might be temporarily increased or decreased by two existing climate patterns: the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) and the Atlantic multi-decadal
Read moreIce and Sediment Samples Show Glacial and Interglacial Temperature Variability
Feb. 5, 2018—On the basis of a unique global comparison of data from core samples extracted from the ocean floor and the polar ice sheets, researchers at the Alfred-Wegener Institute (AWI) have demonstrated that, though climate changes have indeed decreased around the globe from glacial to interglacial periods, the difference is by no means as pronounced as previously assumed. Until
Read more