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Partial eclipse sweeps over northern hemisphere

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 12:02 AM

PARIS - People across Earth's northern hemisphere viewed an annular solar eclipse Thursday with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 18, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:28 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

‘Buhay sa Gulay’

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 05:03 PM

Residents harvest vegetables grown in New Greenland in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City on Thursday. The ‘Buhay sa Gulay’ project, a 7-hectare urban gardening project implemented by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the local government of Quezon City, aims to help residents of Bagong Silangan cope with the ill-effects of COVID-19 and combat hunger and poverty in the area by providing them a source of income.  Read more »

Ice loss to add 0.4C to global temperatures: study

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 04:32 AM

PARIS - The loss of billions of tons of ice from Earth's frozen spaces is likely to increase global temperatures by an additional 0.4 degrees Celsius, according to research Tuesday highlighting the danger of a "vicious circle" of warming.   Read more »

Sea level: Greenland ice loss worst in 12,000 years

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 03:55 AM

PARIS - Ice loss from Greenland's massive ice sheet will cause sea levels to rise more during the 21st century than they have during any 100-year period in the last 12,000 years, even if global warming is held in check, scientists said Wednesday. Read more »

Earth's ice sheets tracking worst-case climate scenarios

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 04:00 AM

PARIS - The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold enough frozen water to lift oceans 65 meters, are tracking the UN's worst-case scenarios for sea-level rise, researchers have said, highlighting flaws in current climate change models. Read more »

Sea level rise quickens, as Greenland ice sheet sheds record amount

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 09:14 PM

Greenland's massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tons last year, raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise. Read more »

Greenland ice melting past 'tipping point': study

Camille Bas Wholert, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 06:20 AM

The melting of Greenland's ice cap has gone so far that it is now irreversible, with snowfall no longer able to compensate for the loss of ice even if global warming were to end today, according to researchers. Read more »

Climate change researcher dies in Greenland accident

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 08:04 PM

Konrad Steffen, director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), is believed to have fallen into a crevasse. Read more »

Cainta mayor to continue shoe auction despite P100K cash donation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 11:18 AM

Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto on Wednesday said he would continue to auction his shoes to raise his town's funds for its COVID-19 response despite receiving P100,000 cash from a generous donor.  Read more »

Greenland ice sheet shrinks by record amount - climate study

Kate Abnett, Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 10:04 PM

Greenland's ice sheet shrank by more than at any time since record-taking began last year, according to a study published on Wednesday that showed the risk that climate change could cause sharp rises in global sea levels.   Read more »

Melting glaciers, ice sheets, raising Earth's seas

Patrick Galey and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 29 11:22 PM

As the planet's polar ice sheets destabilize amid rising temperatures, a landmark UN assessment of Earth's retreating frozen spaces is also set to spell out how melting mountain glaciers will impact humanity in the decades to come. Read more »

Why Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland for US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 09:36 AM

The diplomatic row that has erupted between Washington and Copenhagen over Greenland is just one part of a broader strategic battle being waged over control of the Arctic, according to one expert. Read more »

Trump cancels Denmark visit after rebuff over Greenland

Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 10:11 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called off a visit to Denmark scheduled for early September after the country's prime minister rebuffed his idea of purchasing Greenland. Read more »

Trump confirms interest in buying Greenland

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 07:13 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed his interest in buying Greenland, but said it was not a priority for his administration.   Read more »

Greenland tells Trump it is open for business but not for sale

Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 11:21 AM

COPENHAGEN - Greenland on Friday dismissed the notion that it might be up for sale after reports that US President Donald Trump had privately discussed with his advisers the idea of buying the world's biggest island. Read more »

Trump wants US to buy Greenland: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 05:04 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—President Donald Trump is asking advisers if it is possible for the US to buy Greenland, according to a report. Read more »

Fox crosses Arctic to reach Canada from Norway in record time

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 06:16 AM

OSLO, Norway—Covering some 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) over the polar ice sheets in only 76 days, an arctic fox has reached Canada after setting off from Norway in an unprecedented feat of endurance.  Read more »

Greenland ice melts four times faster in a decade: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 01:46 AM

Greenland's melting ice, which causes sea levels to rise, disappeared four times faster in 2013 than in 2003 and is noticeable across the Arctic island, not just on glaciers, researchers warned on Tuesday. Read more »

Teasers for Aga Muhlach, Alice Dixon reunion movie released

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 10:55 PM

The movie, titled "Nuuk," is set in the eponymous capital of Greenland.   Read more »