Greenland's glaciers are sliding into oceans at a faster pace than previously known, but they may contribute less to an expected rise in global sea level than feared, scientists reported Thursday.
An early spring arrival that brought 80-degree temperatures to Central Ohio in early March is not expected to be a harbinger of long periods of scorching heat this summer.
“It appears that there will be a lack of long-duration heat in the eastern Ohio Valley and the Northeast this summer,” according to AccuWeather.com.
Forecasters say a blocking pattern over Greenland and northern Canada should keep prolonged heat waves out of the Ohio Valley. They are expecting “above-normal precipitation”...
Inuit hunters from Greenland have been protesting in the Danish capital Copenhagen over the decision by a major department store to stop selling seal products.
As the Arctic warms, meltwater lakes on the Greenland ice sheet are draining to sea more frequently — potentially lubricating the slide of the ice sheet into the ocean.
The woman who died during a standoff in New Hampshire that also killed a police chief has been identified as a 26-year-old cosmetologist who had dated the gunman.
Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney had one final drug bust planned before retiring from the small-town New Hampshire department after more than a quarter-century in law enforcement.
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