The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

North Greenland is known for being "the land of ... Those tiny samples revealed that the freezing region was once the ancient home for many more animals, plants and microorganisms than are there ...

“We know so little about mammals from this time period, their fossils are exceptionally rare,” study co-author Elsa Panciroli said in the release. “This exciting discovery not only enriches our ...

Warnings for the future The ancient frozen soil from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet warns of trouble ahead. During the MIS 11 interglacial, Earth was warm and ice sheets were restricted to the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Until recently, geologists believed that Greenland was a fortress of ice, mostly unmelted for millions of years. But, two years ago, using soil once buried a mile beneath the island’s ...

Previous paleoclimatic records show the ancient ecosystem was 10 to 17 degrees Celsius (18 to 31 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than modern-day Greenland. The DNA evidence could provide researchers ...

Remnants of ancient Greenland tundra were preserved in soil beneath the ice sheet. Andrew Christ and Dorothy Peteet, CC BY-ND ...

When ice gets trapped on land as giant ice sheets, it causes the sea level to change, but it doesn’t change by the same ...

“If the Greenland ice sheet could melt substantially ... of planet-warming pollution from burning fossil fuels, those ancient fluctuations in the planet’s temperature were triggered by slight ...

Paul Bierman receives funding from the US National Science Foundation. Tammy Rittenour receives funding from the US National Science Foundation.. About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland ...