Washington, October 1: Based on a new method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland’s shrinking ice cap, it is now estimated that the country is accountable for a half millimeter-rise in the global sea level per year.

The method was developed by researchers from TU Delft, in joint collaboration with the Center for Space Research (CSR) in Austin, Texas, USA.

The research was based on data from the German-American GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellites, two satellites that have been orbiting the earth behind each other since mid-2002.

Washington, August 21 : Scientists monitoring satellite images have discovered the continued breakup of two of Greenland’s largest glaciers, which have lead them to predict disintegration of the glaciers in the near future.

A massive 11-square-mile (29-square-kilometer) piece of the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland broke away between July 10th and by July 24th.

Washington, August 20 : A new research has found that pollution in southern Greenland was higher 100 years ago than today.

The study, titled “Coal Burning Leaves Toxic Heavy Metal Legacy in the Arctic,” was conducted by the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, Nevada, and partially funded by the National Science Foundation.

Detailed measurements from a Greenland ice core showed pollutants from burning coal - the toxic heavy metals cadmium, thallium and lead - were much higher than expected.

The catch, however, was the pollutants weren’t higher at the times when researchers expected peaks.

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