Climate scientists thought stronger atmospheric rivers would accelerate Greenland's ice loss—but it might actually be slowing ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's melting rapidly. Climate change is causing more intense atmospheric rivers, which can deliver intense ...

In March 2022, a storm dumped 16 billion tons of snow on Greenland, leading scientists to study how atmospheric rivers affect ...

Greenland's Lakes in Dire Straits as Color Changed From 'Blue' to 'Brown', Is Fatal for Many Species Environmental ...

Glaciologist Alun Hubbard holds up part of a 15-meter-long ice core, collected in southeastern Greenland to study how atmospheric rivers impact the Greenland Ice Sheet. The visible divide between ...

In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River ...

Powerful storms called atmospheric rivers, which scientists think will become more intense as the planet warms, can replenish Greenland’s vanishing ice sheet if their timing is right 1.

As unthinkable as it sounds, this surplus of snow hit Greenland in March 2022 — all from a single storm. According to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, this extreme snowfall event ...

The Louisiana Purchase extended United States sovereignty across the Mississippi River, nearly doubling ... several attempts to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark.