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Drones track Greenland’s water vapor to refine ice loss predictions
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Drones track Greenland’s water vapor to refine ice loss predictions

Drone experiment reveals how Greenland Ice Sheet is changing Summary: For the first time, scientists have used drones to collect detailed measurements of water vapor…
SourceSourceMarch 28, 2025 Full article
Greenland votes under shadow of Trump
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Greenland votes under shadow of Trump

Nuuk, Denmark | AFP Greenland, the Danish self-governing territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, votes Tuesday in legislative elections that could yield a timeline…
SourceSourceMarch 11, 2025 Full article
Greenland: Five things to know
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Greenland: Five things to know

Nuuk, Denmark | AFP Denmark's self-governing territory of Greenland, which votes Tuesday in legislative elections, has been propelled into the political spotlight because of its…
SourceSourceMarch 8, 2025 Full article
Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American
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Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island AmericanNews

Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American

Nuuk, Denmark | AFP Greenland's prime minister on Wednesday hit back at President Donald Trump's pledge to take the Arctic territory "one way or the…
SourceSourceMarch 6, 2025 Full article
Trump tells Greenland US will get it ‘one way or the other’
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Trump tells Greenland US will get it ‘one way or the other’News

Trump tells Greenland US will get it ‘one way or the other’

Washington, United States | AFP President Donald Trump urged Greenland on Tuesday to choose to join the United States but vowed to take the Danish-ruled…
SourceSourceMarch 5, 2025 Full article
Climate Science Digest: March 4, 2025
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Climate Science Digest: March 4, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: March 4, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: Rice University…
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Climate Science Digest: February 19, 2025
Small iceberg floating in ocean water under a bright sky with the Sun visible above - climate change effects (s. science, Muser)
Climate Science Digest: February 19, 2025Science

Climate Science Digest: February 19, 2025

Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup, featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. In brief: New research…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskFebruary 20, 2025 Full article
Greenland ice streams move through continuous ice microquakes
Image: The researchers’ camp on the North East Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)
Greenland ice streams move through continuous ice microquakesScience

Greenland ice streams move through continuous ice microquakes

In brief:In Greenland, an international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has discovered that countless tiny ice quakes take place deep inside ice streams.These…
SourceSourceFebruary 7, 2025 Full article
Greenland’s ice is cracking faster as climate change accelerates glacier flow
Image: Crevasses at Store Glacier, a marine-terminating outlet glacier of the western Greenland Ice Sheet
Greenland’s ice is cracking faster as climate change accelerates glacier flowClimate

Greenland’s ice is cracking faster as climate change accelerates glacier flow

Summary The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate changeSea level riseBigger and deeper crevasses Summary: Greenland’s glaciers are…
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Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 4, 2025
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Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 4, 2025Science

Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 4, 2025

Discover the latest articles from leading science journals in the Muser Press weekly roundup, showcasing impactful research published this week. Scientists predict what will be…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskJanuary 26, 2025 Full article
Record heat transforms West Greenland lakes, impacts drinking water and carbon cycle
Satellite imagery: Unusual gain of ice and snow mass on the Greenland ice sheet (heat, climate, extreme weather)
Record heat transforms West Greenland lakes, impacts drinking water and carbon cycleClimate

Record heat transforms West Greenland lakes, impacts drinking water and carbon cycle

A new study has revealed how record-breaking heat and precipitation in fall 2022 drastically altered thousands of lakes in West Greenland. Published in Proceedings of…
SourceSourceJanuary 22, 2025 Full article
Satellites unite to reveal Greenland Ice Sheet’s dramatic transformation
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Satellites unite to reveal Greenland Ice Sheet’s dramatic transformationScience

Satellites unite to reveal Greenland Ice Sheet’s dramatic transformation

For the first time, satellite missions from ESA and NASA have united to provide a detailed picture of the dramatic changes occurring in the Greenland…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 20, 2024 Full article
Massive glacial flood observed in Greenland releases 3,000 billion liters of meltwater
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Massive glacial flood observed in Greenland releases 3,000 billion liters of meltwaterNews

Massive glacial flood observed in Greenland releases 3,000 billion liters of meltwater

For the first time, researchers have successfully observed the release of an enormous glacial flood in East Greenland, discharging over 3,000 billion liters of meltwater…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 12, 2024 Full article
Image of the day: First international airport in Nuuk, Greenland
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Image of the day: First international airport in Nuuk, GreenlandNews

Image of the day: First international airport in Nuuk, Greenland

The new international airport in Nuuk, Greenland, marks a transformative moment for the Arctic region. Officially opened on 28 November 2024, the airport is set…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 3, 2024 Full article
Climate Science Digest: November 27, 2024
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Climate Science Digest: November 27, 2024

Conserving nature can shield cities from floods A University of British Columbia (UBC) study reveals that conserving just five percent of watersheds, representing two percent…
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Grazing herbivores drive earlier green-up in Greenland tundra plants, study finds
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Grazing herbivores drive earlier green-up in Greenland tundra plants, study findsScience

Grazing herbivores drive earlier green-up in Greenland tundra plants, study finds

A recent study has revealed that grazing animals like musk oxen and caribou are playing a notable role in influencing plant growth patterns, or phenology,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 12, 2024 Full article
Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson to November 13: police
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Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson to November 13: policeNews

Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson to November 13: police

Copenhagen, Denmark (AFP) - A Greenland court on Wednesday extended the detention of US-Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson for three more weeks, pending a decision…
SourceSourceOctober 23, 2024 Full article
Ship with 20,000 litres of diesel fuel sinks off Greenland
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Ship with 20,000 litres of diesel fuel sinks off GreenlandNews

Ship with 20,000 litres of diesel fuel sinks off Greenland

Copenhagen, Denmark (AFP) - A ship carrying 20,000 litres of diesel fuel ran aground and sank off Greenland's coast on Thursday, said authorities who were…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2024 Full article
Anti-whaling fight continues from prison, Watson says
Anti-whaling fight continues from prison, Watson saysNews

Anti-whaling fight continues from prison, Watson says

By Camille BAS-WOHLERT | AFP Nuuk, Denmark - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson's detention in a Greenland prison pending his possible extradition to Japan has not…
SourceSourceSeptember 2, 2024 Full article
Whaling activist Watson says his detention ‘puts more pressure on Japan’
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Whaling activist Watson says his detention ‘puts more pressure on Japan’News

Whaling activist Watson says his detention ‘puts more pressure on Japan’

Nuuk, Denmark (AFP) - Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson told AFP on Thursday that his detention in Greenland pending possible extradition to Japan increased pressure…
SourceSourceAugust 15, 2024 Full article
Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe
A rocky landscape with tundra plants near the eastern coast of Greenland, similiar to what the interior of the island may have looked like when its massive ice sheet melted away
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Greenland fossil discovery reveals increased risk of sea-level catastrophe

Seeds, twigs and insect parts in ice core stun scientists and confirm that center of ice sheet melted in recent past. By Joshua Brown |…
SourceSourceAugust 6, 2024 Full article
Japan requests extradition of anti-whaling activist Watson: Denmark
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Japan requests extradition of anti-whaling activist Watson: DenmarkNews

Japan requests extradition of anti-whaling activist Watson: Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark (AFP) - Denmark's justice ministry on Thursday said it had received Japan's extradition request for anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, who was detained in…
SourceSourceAugust 1, 2024 Full article
Scientists set sail to study Greenland glaciers from underwater
Scientists set sail to study Greenland glaciers from underwaterClimate

Scientists set sail to study Greenland glaciers from underwater

By University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin has embarked on a mission to explore the underwater edges of Greenland’s coastal…
SourceSourceAugust 1, 2024 Full article
Warming has more impact than cooling on Greenland’s “firn”
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Warming has more impact than cooling on Greenland’s “firn”ClimateScience

Warming has more impact than cooling on Greenland’s “firn”

By University of Colorado at Boulder Scientists have known from ice core research that it's easier to melt an ice sheet than to freeze it…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article