Tag: Greenland

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Greenland Ice Flow

Greenland looks like a big pile of snow seen from space using a regular camera. But satellite radar interferometry helps us detect the motion of ice beneath the snow. Ice …
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Why Is Greenland Burning?

In Greenland, the land of ice and snow, a wildfire has consumed the western part of the country. But why? Although ice covers 80 percent of the island, the wildfire …
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IceBridge in Greenland, 2014

NASA researchers are spending March through May 2014 in — and above — Greenland, studying the ice from the air. IceBridge, a six-year NASA mission, is the largest airborne survey …
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Greenland ice loss

Between 2011 and 2014, Greenland lost around one trillion tonnes of ice. This corresponds to a 0.75 mm contribution to global sea-level rise each year – about twice the average …
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