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"Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is one of several factor that contributes to global sea level rise"

Glacier expert Dr Donald Slater says Ireland will be affected as melting glaciers contribute to sea level rises

I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide section of glacier front has fractured and is collapsing into the ocean, calving an immense iceberg.

Human-caused global warming has has locked in a certain amount of sea level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.

A new study finds that Greenland has more than 120 trillion tons of ice that can be thought of as zombie ice that's going to raise sea level globally by at least 10 inches

The rarely-seen Greenland shark was found swimming off the coast of Belize in what was described as the first-ever reported sighting of the fish in western Caribbean waters

This was the first time a Greenland shark was reported in the western Caribbean, researchers said. This species of shark is typically found in the Arctic and thousands of feet below the ocean surface.

On July 8, 1952, members of the British North Greenland Expedition left Deptford, an area on the banks of the Thames in London, for a scientific mission to study the vast ice sheet on the world's largest island.

Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published last week brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for so long – far longer than humans.