The first study from GreenDrill—a project co-led by the University at Buffalo to collect rocks and sediment buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet—has found that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone approximately 7,

Beneath Greenland’s surface lies an abundance of natural resources, including hydrocarbons and rare earth minerals. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that Greenland holds 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of its natural gas reserves.

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of the century.

Analysis of core samples extracted from beneath an ice sheet indicates that the region is extremely responsive to the temperatures characteristic of today’s interglacial period. Researchers involved in GreenDrill,

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It’s likely that you’ve heard more about it over the last few months than in the rest of your life combined, but geopolitical debates ...

The study shows that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap, located in northwest Greenland, completely melted around 7,000 years ago. This date falls within the Holocene, a warm period that began about 11,000 years ago and continues today.

Learn more about the history of Greenland's Prudhoe Dome and how rising global temperatures could impact it in the future.

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. BUT THE ICE IS MELTING. FAST. THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST ...

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 section that broke off is 110 square kilometers (42.3 square miles).