New research looking into the speed at which Greenland’s glaciers are slipping into the ocean suggests that previously predicted rises in sea-levels are unlikely.
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Study: Greenland glaciers moving slower than thought
Posted on 13 May 2012.
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Iceland’s smallest glacier could disappear within decades
Posted on 10 February 2012.
Iceland’s Snæfellsjökull glacier is currently thinning and retreating so fast that it could completely disappear within a few decades.
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Glacier melting could be reversible
Posted on 26 December 2011.
The melting of Greenland’s glaciers may be more sensitive to climate change than previously assumed, according to new research which found they can also quickly expand during relatively short periods of climatic cooling.
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South Iceland glacial flood gearing up for second wave?
Posted on 03 August 2011.
There are signs that another glacial flood could be starting from the eastern Skaftarkatli crater under South Iceland’s Vatnajokull glacier. There is no imminent danger to travellers.
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Wi-fi and sat-nav for Greenland iceberg study
Posted on 07 March 2011.
Scientists are set to use wi-fi technology to study how glaciers in Greenland break up to form icebergs. The satellite navigation sensors will be dropped onto the rapidly decreasing glaciers by helicopter so their shape and path can be tracked.
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Greenland glaciers ‘melt slower in the warm’?
Posted on 05 February 2011.
Some glaciers in Greenland melt slower in warm summers than in cool ones, according to a new study.
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Icelandic glaciers in record retreat
Posted on 23 September 2010.
Iceland’s glaciers have never retreated as much as they did this year – especially the ones in the south. The unusually warm summer weather and ash from Eyjafjallajokull are being blamed.
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Greenland’s icebergs get GPS trackers
Posted on 17 September 2010.
Five icebergs off the coast of Greenland have been fitted with satellite trackers so their movements can be monitored online. Knut Solberg, a Norwegian climate change scientists and Arctic adventurer, scaled the floating ice mountains himself in order to attach the global positioning system (GPS) transmitters.
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