Tag: icefree
Greenland was ice-free 400,000 years ago: that doesn’t bode well for the future – knowledge
A good 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free and resembled a tundra landscape. This is what an international research team reports after analyzing an ice core from…
SZ climate column: Ice-free Arctic before 2040? – Knowledge
In Europe, one of the worst environmental catastrophes of recent decades is unfolding: after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, 42,000 people are threatened by flooding, and pollutants…
Study : Arctic possibly ice-free in summer from the 2030s
study Arctic possibly ice-free in summer from the 2030s Icebergs break from a glacier into a fjord in Greenland. photo © David Goldman/AP/dpa The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts…
Climate crisis: The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in September – knowledge
This sight will irritate: water everywhere, as far as you can see. Nothing to see of the sea ice that has shaped the Arctic Ocean for over 40 million years.…