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Greenland ice sheet had biggest thaw since 1973 this month, scientists say

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Greenland’s surface ice cover experienced a broader thaw during a three-day period this month than in nearly four decades of satellite record-keeping, according to three independent satellite measurements analyzed by NASA and university scientists.

 

Glacier break-up shocks scientist

New pictures reveal the extent to which a huge glacier in northern Greenland has broken up in just two years, claims a glaciologist.

 

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

Tiny bacterium comes back to live after long, long time buried underneath Greenland ice.

 

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