DURHAM, N.H. — Greenland, as you may know, is neither. Not green, and not really land, but rather covered by the second largest body of ice in the world, second only to the Antarctic ice sheet.

The massive Greenland Ice Sheet--which contains nearly 10 percent of all the frozen water on Earth--is melting at a rate of about 12 cubic miles per year, accounting for 7 percent of sea-level ...

An autonomous territory of Denmark, Greenland has about 57,000 inhabitants, most of them Inuit, and only about 550 of whom live in Kangerlussuaq. The town may not be worth spending a night in, but it ...

We flew over the renowned, massive Greenland ice cap, a spellbinding sight, covering 200 miles from a northerly area of the island to the southwest.

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...

Ice-cap flights have an on-time record that makes United’s look meticulous, but at least there’s an excuse here. Weather in Greenland is changeable, and even in the summer, hardly perfect for ...

FILE - Varying shades of blue rivers meander through the Greenland ice cap in this aerial photograph from August 2005. (AP Photo/John McConnico, file) ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Predicting the sea level in 75 years requires precise calculations and correct models of the melting of the ice from, e.g., Greenland. To do so, researchers need valid data—and photos, too.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — An enormous chunk of Greenland's ice cap has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic, a development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change. The glacier ...

The Swiss-born Steffen has been studying Greenland's ice cap since 1990. He and his colleagues helped show that temperatures are rising significantly here in the winter, spring and fall, while the ...