Greenland ice loss

In a record breaking 2019, Greenland lost enough ice to cover the UK with over 2m of melt water.

US space agency satellites follow the melting trends in Antarctica and Greenland over 16 years.

The Trump administration will also open a consulate in the territory, amid competition for Greenland's resources.

Cloud-free skies played a key role in one of the worst years for Greenland's ice sheet.

The US-German Grace satellites saw Greenland shed 600 billion tonnes of ice by the end of summer last year.

The Earth's great ice sheets are losing mass six times faster today than they were in the 1990s.

As the US prepares to open a consulate in Greenland, there are concerns over American influence.

We look back at some of the major stories of the year in science and the environment.

The ice sheet's contribution to sea-level rise is now seven times what it was in the 1990s.

For the first time Denmark puts mineral-rich Greenland top of its national security agenda.

A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for the reduction of the Arctic's albedo effect, not soot as had been previously thought.

Scientists stitch together decades of survey data to reveal a hidden world of mountains and canyons.

Researchers from around the world meet to finalise a study on the impact of warming on oceans and icy regions.