
-
Trump's steep tariffs trigger fresh market panic
-
India readies for US extradition of Mumbai attacks suspect
-
Thailand revokes visa of US academic charged with royal insult
-
Voeller extends Germany role until Euro 2028
-
Villa's Emiliano Martinez winds up PSG with cap
-
Hostage families fear outcome of intense Israeli strikes on Gaza
-
China seeks to 'tariff-proof' economy as trade war with US deepens
-
Some US consumers in 'survival mode' as Trump tariffs arrive
-
Japan to sell more rice reserves as prices soar
-
US takes aim at Zuckerberg's social media kingdom
-
US Pentagon chief says will not let China 'threaten' Panama Canal
-
Vietnam, Spain pledge to upgrade ties after tariff shock
-
'Some innings': Arya's 39-ball ton thrusts him into IPL spotlight
-
India central bank cuts interest rates as Trump tariffs kick in
-
Taiwan exporters count the cost of Trump's 'ridiculous' tariffs
-
Injury-time goal gives Brazil first win over US women since 2014
-
Japan badminton ace Shida blasts 'stalker' Chinese fans
-
Ekitike has Frankfurt dreaming of Europa League repeat
-
Trump's new tariffs take effect, with 104% on Chinese goods
-
Shai scores 42, Doncic ejected as Thunder down Lakers
-
Nepal royalists seek return of king
-
Man Utd reliant on Europa League with season on life support
-
Kim Jong Un's sister says North Korea denuclearisation is a 'daydream'
-
Trump tariffs leave Italy's luxury furniture makers sitting uncomfortably
-
EU plan to end Russian fertiliser imports unsettles farmers
-
Equities resume selloff as Trump cranks up trade war
-
Inside Europe's last 'open-outcry' trading floor
-
Trumps presses on with 104% tariffs on China
-
AI tool aims to help conserve Japan's cherry trees
-
The Metals Company courts Trump for deep-sea mining contract
-
Indonesia president says ready to temporarily shelter Gazans
-
Musk brands Trump aide 'dumber than a sack of bricks' in tariff spat
-
Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing
-
UK to host Europe's first Universal theme park
-
New Mexico Governor Signs Bill Allowing for Psilocybin Use
-
AT&T to Provide Fiber Connectivity for Jericho Energy Ventures' Inaugural AI Modular Data Center Site
-
DEA’s Marijuana Double Standard: Attorney Aarathi Haig Flouts Ethics Laws While Blocking MMJ's Cannabis Research
-
comforte Wins Nera Digital as an Investor in the Cybersecurity Market
-
'It's beautiful': Arteta hails Rice free-kick magic as Arsenal stun Real
-
Argentine Congress backs inquiry into Milei crypto scandal
-
US will not let China disrupt Panama Canal: Pentagon chief
-
Judge orders White House to restore AP access
-
Shaken Real Madrid insist Arsenal comeback possible
-
Bayern 'fully believe' despite Inter setback, says Kompany
-
Inter 'showed what we were made of' against Bayern, says Martinez
-
US stocks fall again as global rally fizzles
-
Milan's England defender Walker has surgery on broken elbow
-
Judge orders White House to lift restrictions on AP access
-
Free-kick hero Rice revels in Arsenal's 'special' win over Real
-
'Totally new': Scheffler readies for Masters defense

Greenland ice cap loses enough water in 20 years to cover US: study
Greenland's immense ice sheet has lost enough ice in the past 20 years to submerge the entire United States in half a metre of water, according to data released this week by Danish researchers.
The climate is warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet and melting ice from Greenland is now the main factor in the rise in the Earth's oceans, according to NASA.
Since measurements began in 2002, the Greenland ice sheet has lost about 4,700 billion tonnes of ice, said Polar Portal, a joint project involving several Danish Arctic research institutes.
This represents 4,700 cubic kilometres of melted water -- "enough to cover the entire US by half a meter" -- and has contributed 1.2 centimetres to sea level rise, the Arctic monitoring website added.
Polar Portal's findings are based on satellite imagery from the US-German GRACE programme (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), which showed the ice melt to be most severe near the coasts of the Arctic territory, at the edge of the ice sheet.
In these peripheral zones, "independent observations also indicate that the ice is thinning, that the glacier fronts are retreating in fjords and on land, and that there is a greater degree of melting from the surface of the ice", the website said.
The west coast of Greenland is particularly affected, according to the data.
Climate change is particularly alarming in the Arctic, which scientists say is warming at a rate three to four times the global average.
According to a study published by NASA in late January, the accelerated melting near Greenland's coasts can be explained by the warming of the Arctic Ocean.
The phenomenon "is melting Greenland's glaciers at least as much as warm air is melting them from above".
Melting ice from Greenland is currently the main factor in the rise in the Earth's oceans and the territory's glaciers are now retreating six to seven times faster than they were 25 years ago, the US agency added.
According to climate scientists, the Greenland ice sheet contains enough water to raise the oceans by more than seven metres, and the ice sheet in Antarctica contains enough for a rise of almost 50 metres.
Arctic sea ice cover, although its melting has no effect on sea levels, has also shrunk considerably, losing almost 13 percent of its average surface area every 10 years.
A.O.Scott--AT