The highest-resolution maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet are debuting. Starting with Worldview satellite imagery, The maps are already revealing previously unknown features on the ice sheet.

The study also finds that the Greenland ice sheet may contain more ice, with a greater potential to raise global sea levels, than previous research has suggested—about 2.75 inches more, to be exact.

The remote and often unforgiving surface of Greenland’s ice sheet has long been a subject of intrigue for scientists. What ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting at an alarming rate, with mass loss increasing sixfold since the 1980s and now contributing more to global sea level rise than any other source.

The wind, having tumbled down 4,000 feet of elevation from the domed summit of the ice sheet hundreds of miles to the west, ...

NASA flights map summer melt of Greenland ice sheet. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 15, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 09 / 170908205426.htm. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

Nov. 12 (UPI) --New analysis suggests a valley stretching the length of Greenland's ice sheet might allow meltwater from the continent's interior to flow hundreds of miles toward an outlet at ...

Greenland's ice sheet is second in size only to that of Antarctica, with both bodies stories about 68% of the world's freshwater resources, according to Copernicus, ...

Greenland’s vast ice sheet, a critical component of Earth’s climate system, is melting at a pace that has alarmed scientists and policymakers alike. The sheer scale of ice loss in recent years ...

An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records.

Now, Greenland's ice sheet is losing nearly 300 gigatons of water each year more than it gains from snowfall, Lipscomb said. "There's still time to avoid catastrophic sea level rise, ...