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News on Geophysics

The Greenland ice sheet contains nutrients from precipitation

New research shows that the ice sheet on Greenland contains the nutrient phosphorus, which was…

Volcanic eruptions are important for world climate

Large volcanic eruptions release huge clouds of ash and acid into the atmosphere. These clouds…

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

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

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…

Congratulations to Alexandra Messerli

Congratulations to Alexandra Messerli who succesfully defended her PhD thesis at Centre for Ice an…

Beginning of the field season 2015

From end April 2015 you can follow two exciting field campaigns in Greenland - EGRIP and RECAP

Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water

Mars has distinct polar ice caps, but Mars also has belts of glaciers at its central latitudes in…

A.P. Møller Foundation donates 25 million kroner to ice core research

Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, head of the Centre for Ice and Climate at NBIhas received a grant of…

Congratulations to Antje Fitzner

Congratulations to Antje Fitzner from Centre for Ice and Climate who succesfully defended her PhD…