Greenland
Glacial Acceleration - A Sea of Troubles
It is hard to shock journalists and at the same time leave them in awe of the power of nature. A group returning from a helicopter trip flying over, then landing on, the Greenland ice cap at the time of maximum ice melt last month were shaken. One shrugged and said:"It is too late already."
Destination: Greenland: Greenland Tourism
Any tourists interested in Greenland can enlist the Internet to learn about travelling to this beautiful island located just north of Canada.
Melting Ice Cap Brings Diamond Hunters and Hopes of Independence to Greenland
Arctic Ministers hope potential mineral wealth and hydro-electricity will allow nation to break free from Denmark.
Greenland is Now a Country Fit for Broccoli Growers
Isabel Hilton: The climate is changing so quickly that a land of hunters is becoming one of farmers and fearful scientists.
Melting Ice Cap Triggering Earthquakes
· Estimates of sea-level rise out of date, say scientists · Religious leaders pray for planet at Greenland glacier
DNA Discovery Reveals Greenland's Warm Past
Scientists have uncovered evidence that within the past million years southern Greenland was warmer than previously thought, and even covered in lush forests.
Global Warming May Melt Greenland's Ice, Scientists Warn
Greenland's icy mountains and the island's entire ice cap could disappear in the next 1,000 years because of global warming, European scientists warn today. If that occurs sea levels will rise by seven metres, drowning low-level coastlines around the world. Greenland is covered...
Thaw in Greenland Threatens New Ice Age
This week's big chill could prove a taster of winters to come.
'Cleansed' Greenland Cabinet Falls
The Greenland government collapsed yesterday because of a row about a phenomenon associated more commonly with the medieval period rather than the 21st century: witchcraft. The world's biggest island may be a semi-autonomous province of Denmark, one of the EU's most self-consciously...
Arctic Ministers hope potential mineral wealth and hydro-electricity will allow nation to break free from Denmark.
Greenland is Now a Country Fit for Broccoli Growers
Isabel Hilton: The climate is changing so quickly that a land of hunters is becoming one of farmers and fearful scientists.
Melting Ice Cap Triggering Earthquakes
· Estimates of sea-level rise out of date, say scientists · Religious leaders pray for planet at Greenland glacier
DNA Discovery Reveals Greenland's Warm Past
Scientists have uncovered evidence that within the past million years southern Greenland was warmer than previously thought, and even covered in lush forests.
Global Warming May Melt Greenland's Ice, Scientists Warn
Greenland's icy mountains and the island's entire ice cap could disappear in the next 1,000 years because of global warming, European scientists warn today. If that occurs sea levels will rise by seven metres, drowning low-level coastlines around the world. Greenland is covered...
Thaw in Greenland Threatens New Ice Age
This week's big chill could prove a taster of winters to come.
'Cleansed' Greenland Cabinet Falls
The Greenland government collapsed yesterday because of a row about a phenomenon associated more commonly with the medieval period rather than the 21st century: witchcraft. The world's biggest island may be a semi-autonomous province of Denmark, one of the EU's most self-consciously...