Climate 2016.04.29 Insulating layer of air above the Greenland ice sheet reduces precipitation The Earth’s climate has been warming, but even though the Greenland ice sheet is melting rapidly in…
Appointment 2016.04.04 Jørgen Peder Steffensen appointed professor of glaciology Jørgen Peder Steffensen has been appointed professor of ice core related research at the Centre for…
Climate 2016.03.16 Climate variations analysed 5 million years back in time When we talk about climate change today, we have to recognise the natural variations to be able to…
Mars discovery 2015.12.17 Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater have a high content of…
Climate change 2015.11.09 The past shows how abrupt climate shifts affect Earth New research shows how past abrupt climatic changes in the North Atlantic propagated globally. The…
Climate 2015.11.04 The Greenland ice sheet contains nutrients from precipitation New research shows that the ice sheet on Greenland contains the nutrient phosphorus, which was…
Climate 2015.07.08 Volcanic eruptions are important for world climate Large volcanic eruptions release huge clouds of ash and acid into the atmosphere. These clouds…
Sea level rise 2015.06.18 Risk of major sea level rise in Northern Europe Global warming leads to the ice sheets on land melting and flowing into the sea, which consequently…
Ice core drilling 2015.06.17 New Greenland ice core drilled through the Renland ice cap An international research team led by the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have…
New iscecore project 2015.05.28 Research station moved nearly 500 km across the Greenland ice sheet The entire research station NEEM has been moved 465 km across the Greenland ice sheet on skis to th…