News about Greenland

PRIVACY-researcher Asta Mønsted contributed to the Venice Biennale of Architecture

This year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture opened in May and is running until the end of November. On October 12 archaeologist and postdoctoral researcher at PRIVACY, Asta Mønsted contributed to a workshop in the Nordi…

Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock

An international research collaboration (EGRIP) headed by ice core scientists from the University of Copenhagen has attained their goal of drilling to the bottom of the ice sheet. It marks the first time that this has…

Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock

An international research collaboration (EGRIP) headed by ice core scientists from the University of Copenhagen has attained their goal of drilling to the bottom of the ice sheet. It marks the first time that this has…

Legends of Norse Settlers drove Denmark towards Greenland

The Danish colonisation of Greenland in the 18th century was in part driven by the desire to re-establish contact with early Norse settlers that vanished from the island in the course of the 15th century. Legends about…

New affiliated professor in arctic health at University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen is appointing medical doctor Michael Lynge Pedersen as the new affiliated professor in artic health at the Department of Public Health.

New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise

The trawling of thousands of satellite measurements using artificial intelligence has shown researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and University of Copenhagen that meltwater in tunnels beneath…

New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise

The trawling of thousands of satellite measurements using artificial intelligence has shown researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and University of Copenhagen that meltwater in tunnels beneath…

The highest Greenland temperatures in 1000 years

Recent high temperatures on the ice sheet in central and northern Greenland lies are unique, when compared to 1000 years of reconstructed climate conditions on the ice sheet.

Santa’s finally got a Christmas tree farm in Greenland

Many, especially Danes, consider Greenland the home of Father Christmas. However for the most part, Greenland is Arctic tundra devoid of trees over knee height. So for Christmas, Greenlanders make do with imported trees…

World-class research into Greenland's oldest ice and the Universe's densest stars win very large EU grants

When was Greenland actually green? And how does the Universe make gold, platinum and uranium? Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have just received 11.4 million euro to answer these big questions. The…

World-class research into Greenland's oldest ice and the Universe's densest stars win very large EU grants

When was Greenland actually green? And how does the Universe make gold, platinum and uranium? Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have just received 11.4 million euro to answer these big questions. The…

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen awarded Hans Egede Medal

On Wednesday, ice core researcher Dorthe Dahl-Jensen was awarded the Hans Egede Medal for her research into Earth’s climate history. Her research has included longer stays on Greenland's deserted ice sheet and offers a…

For some Greenlanders, eating sugar is healthy

A genetic variation among some Greenlanders makes sugar healthy – significantly more than for most people. According to a new study by University of Copenhagen researchers and their colleagues, gut bacteria and a unique…

After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy

The iconic tusked whale of the Arctic has a new enemy – noise. A unique study from the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources shows that narwhals are highly affected by noise from ship…

Researchers use diamonds to comprehend the foundation of Earth’s continents: "Without it, humankind wouldn’t exist"

Deep beneath Earth’s crust lies a rocky upper mantle that stabilizes the planet’s continents and is among the primary reasons for the existence of life on Earth. In a new study, researchers from the University of…

Algorithm reveals the mysterious foraging habits of narwhals

An algorithm can predict when narwhals hunt – a task once nearly impossible to gain insight into. Mathematicians and computer scientists at the University of Copenhagen, together with marine biologists in Greenland, hav…

Climate change resulting in bigger and more destructive hurricanes in the USA

During the last 100 years hurricanes have become more frequent and more destructive, new research from the University of Copenhagen shows.

Dust in ice cores leads to new knowledge on the advancement of the ice before the ice age

Researchers from the section Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE) have succeeded in making a method to enlighten an otherwise dark period in climate history.

New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points

Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tipping points.

Massive impact crater from a kilometre-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland

An international team lead by researchers from the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen have discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater buried beneath the…

Earliest greenlanders had whale for dinner

Test pit in the midden at Fladstrand, East Greenland, with bone remains and a clearly visible stratigraphy. Copyright and credits: Jens Fog Jensen (jens.jensen@snm.ku.dk), Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum…

Greenland mud to ensure the world's food supply

A new research project headed by Professor Minik Rosing from the Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, will investigate whether "glacial rock flour" from Greenland can revitalize degraded lands and prevent…

CBMR is part of a large Inuit study published in Science magazine

The researchers detected that the most significant changed gene variants were involved in omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism.

Greenland is melting – the past might tell what the future holds

A team of scientists lead by Danish geologist Nicolaj Krog Larsen have managed to quantify how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000-5,000 years ago.