Old Norse settlers traded walrus ivory with Kyiv
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007.
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News tagged with greenland
Mapping heat flow beneath Greenland highlights geothermal 'freak zone'
In our understanding of global geothermal heat flow, Greenland and the surrounding ocean floor has effectively been a blind spot. Now, scientist have dug up all available and somewhat unavailable heat flow data, creating ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2022
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More difficult than expected for glaciers to recover from climate warming
Ice shelves are floating extensions of glaciers. If Greenland's second largest ice shelf breaks up, it may not recover unless Earth's future climate cools considerably. This is the result of a new study, published in Nature ...
Environment
May 9, 2022
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Model pinpoints glaciers at risk of collapse due to climate change
As climate change warms the planet, glaciers are melting faster, and scientists fear that many will collapse by the end of the century, drastically raising sea level and inundating coastal cities and island nations.
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2022
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Simulations explain Greenland's slower summer warming
A puzzling, decade-long slowdown in summer warming across Greenland has been explained by researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan. Their observational analysis and computer simulations revealed that changes in sea surface ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2022
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Rapid glacial advance reconstructed during the time of Norse occupation in Greenland
Rapid glacial advance reconstructed during the time of Norse occupation in Greenland
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2022
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Rewriting the history books: Why the Vikings left Greenland
One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has long been that ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2022
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Greenland ice sheet may halve in volume by year 3000
As a result of global warming in the 21st century, the Greenland ice sheet may contribute several meters to sea-level rise in the centuries to come; however, effective climate change mitigation measures will greatly reduce ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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Global warming suppresses shrub recruitment in Arctic and Tibet
A new study led by Prof. Liang Eryuan from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) shows that global warming has suppressed shrub recruitment in Greenland and the Tibetan Plateau.
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2022
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The budget is closed: Individual contributors to global sea-level rise match up
Global mean sea-level has risen by more than 3 centimeters per decade since precise satellite measurements began in the 1990s. A good third of this rise is due to thermal expansion of the warming ocean. Nearly two thirds ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2022
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