Greenland's vast ice sheet is undergoing a surge in melting...The deluge of melting has reached deep into Greenland's enormous icy interior, with data from the Danish government showing that the ice …

Ice Sheets Today offers the latest satellite data and scientific analyses on surface melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Greenland Ice Sheet is a single ice sheet or glacier covering about 80 percent of the island of Greenland. It is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere, globally second in size to only the …

4 days ago · Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen again this century.

The Greenland Ice Sheet contains the equivalent of 7.4 meters of global sea level rise, currently frozen atop the world’s largest island (Morlighem et al. 2017).

Jul 1, 2025 · Greenland’s ice sheet is under intense observation. It holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by over 7 meters (23 feet) if it fully melts (IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and …

Aug 13, 2025 · The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and crash into the sea, generating large …

Greenland ice sheet measurements, data, and interactive charts showing the loss of Greenland ice mass over time.

May 28, 2024 · During the Quaternary Period (last 2.6 Ma), the Greenland Ice Sheet was one of a series of ice sheets dominating the Northern Hemisphere high latitudes. This included an ice sheet over …

Jan 5, 2026 · The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, showing the Greenland ice sheet’s vulnerability

Sep 13, 2025 · Greenland’s melting season usually runs from May to early September. The 2025 season was considered “moderately intense,” ranking 19th in the 47-year satellite record for …

Feb 23, 2025 · Greenland's gigantic ice sheet is inching toward an irreversible tipping point, after which it will tumble into the ocean, a new study warns.

Dec 15, 2025 · Guest authors explore how Greenland’s ice sheets fared over the 12 months, including the evidence that the territory’s summer melting season is lengthening.

Feb 11, 2025 · Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the northern hemisphere. The ice sheet has already lost over a...

Jun 24, 2025 · The Greenland Ice Sheet 2025 is melting faster than average, driving sea level rise and climate threats. Discover the science behind this urgent alert.

Jan 8, 2026 · Greenland is mostly covered by this single large ice sheet (1,700,000 square kilometres), while isolated glaciers and small ice caps totaling between 76,000 and 100,000 square kilometres …

Mar 12, 2025 · Ice loss in Greenland is already large, irreversible, and greatly accelerated after centuries of near stability. Though a tipping point for future ice loss has already been crossed, the pace of this …

Greenland Ice Sheet ice velocity derived from Sentinel-1 data acquired from 2014 to 2024 (Image Source: Remote Sensing of Environment) For this study, the maps that scientists created using this …

Dec 21, 2024 · Greenland's ice sheet is melting at a record pace, rising sea levels and disrupting global weather, as revealed by groundbreaking satellite data.

Jan 8, 2026 · The ice mass is beginning to melt and could ultimately trigger a dramatic rise in sea levels. Unlike sea ice, which floats, Greenland’s ice sheet lies on land. And that makes all the difference.

Velocity map of the Greenland Ice Sheet for winter 2006 derived from radar imagery. The colour scale illustrate surface speed, which is particularly high for marine-terminating outlet glaciers.

11 hours ago · Rest of World News: Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) have found a new layer under Greenland's ice sheet that could let ice flow to th.

The Greenland Ice Sheet gains mass primarily through snowfall and loses it primarily through runoff and ice discharge (calving of icebergs and melting of glacier marine termini) into the ocean.

The Greenland Ice Sheet lost 55 ± 35 Gt of mass in 2024, the lowest annual ice loss since 2013. This occurred due to above-average snowfall and below-average melting and despite higher glacier flow …

2 days ago · Greenland is mostly covered by a massive ice sheet, as it has been for the better part of the past several millennia. The story of Greenland's name weaves together sly marketing, climate …