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Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, ecosystems and wildlife

In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt and make day-to-day decisions is profoundly tied to cold and frozen conditions for much of the year. These conditions are rapidly changing as the Arctic warms.

The Conversation

Oldest known DNA describes a lush landscape in Greenland 2 million years ago

The recovered DNA contains fragments of genetic material from plants, corals, mastodons and other animals.

Axios

Powerful "Greenland Block" may raise odds of a White Christmas for some

The weather pattern is uncannily similar to the winter of 2009-10, which produced Mid-Atlantic blizzards.

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The oldest DNA ever found reveals a snapshot of a vanished world

At the icy northern tip of Greenland, far into the Artic Circle, a deep bed of sediment beneath the mouth of a fjord has lain frozen and undisturbed for 2 million years.

The Conversation

Oldest DNA on record - 2 million years - reveals Greenland's lost world

Scientists have identified DNA from animals, plants and microbes dating to about 2 million years ago - the oldest on record by far - from sediment at Greenland's northernmost point dug up around the mouth of an Arctic Ocean fjord, revealing an amazing lost world at this remote frontier.

Reuters

Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years

The microscopic fragments, found in Ice Age sediment in northern Greenland, are twice the age of the previous oldest DNA.

The Independent UK

World faces ‘terminal’ loss of Arctic sea ice during summers, report warns

The dramatic vanishing of polar ice sheets will cause catastrophic sea level rise that will threaten cities, according to a major new study

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Greenland ice sheet melting faster than expected and it could impact Belfast sea levels, says glacier expert

"Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is one of several factor that contributes to global sea level rise"

Belfast Live

Greenland ice sheet melting faster than thought and will impact Ireland, say scientists

Glacier expert Dr Donald Slater says Ireland will be affected as melting glaciers contribute to sea level rises

Irish Mirror

Researchers find world's second largest ice sheet may be more vulnerable to climate change

RESEARCHERS from the University of Edinburgh have found that climate change may be having more impact on the melting Greenland ice sheet than…

The National (Scotland)

Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet – how close are they?

Continued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system that would lock-in devastating changes, like sea-level rise, even if all emissions ended.

The Conversation

Trump floated idea of swapping Puerto Rico for Greenland despite criticism, new book claims

The former president once compared the purchase of the Scandanavian island to a ‘large real estate deal’

The Independent UK

World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds

Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may already have passed point of irreversible change

The Guardian - UK

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It's losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide section of glacier front has fractured and is collapsing into the ocean, calving an immense iceberg.

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Study: Greenland ice melt will raise sea levels by nearly a foot

Human-caused global warming has has locked in a certain amount of sea level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.

The Independent UK

'Zombie ice' from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches

A new study finds that Greenland has more than 120 trillion tons of ice that can be thought of as zombie ice that's going to raise sea level globally by at least 10 inches

Daily Mirror

Ancient half-blind Arctic shark that can live for 500 years found in the Caribbean

The rarely-seen Greenland shark was found swimming off the coast of Belize in what was described as the first-ever reported sighting of the fish in western Caribbean waters

WEKU

A Greenland shark, one of the longest-living animals on Earth, was caught near Belize

This was the first time a Greenland shark was reported in the western Caribbean, researchers said. This species of shark is typically found in the Arctic and thousands of feet below the ocean surface.

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Rigorous origins

On July 8, 1952, members of the British North Greenland Expedition left Deptford, an area on the banks of the Thames in London, for a scientific mission to study the vast ice sheet on the world's largest island.

The Conversation

Meet 5 remarkably old animals, from a Greenland shark to a featherless, seafaring cockatoo

Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published last week brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for so long – far longer than humans.

The Conversation

How Iceberg Alley got its name and why it may be under threat

Iceberg Alley, the stretch of coast ranging from Labrador to Newfoundland, is the southernmost region of the northern hemisphere where one can regularly see icebergs. But hurry up! As the planet continues to warm, Iceberg Alley may soon lose its name.

The Guardian - UK

David Moyes and ill-advised yuks after West Ham’s Euro exit

In today’s Fiver: West Ham, tears for Tin Pot and a message from Greenland

Salon

The chance of life on Europa goes up

Surprisingly, scientists arrived at a new understanding of Europa by comparing its geography with Greenland

Daily Mirror

Aliens may be living in icy shell of Jupiter's tiny moon Europa, scientists believe

It's reported that life could have evolved in shallow pockets of water near the surface of Europa following an analysis of symmetrical landforms called double ridges

The Guardian - UK

Jupiter’s moon Europa may have water where life could exist, say scientists

Surface features similar to ones seen on Greenland ice sheet suggest underground liquid water that could host organic matter

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