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Melting ice in Greenland

Greenland's ice sheet consists of about 2.7 million gigatons of ice. Until 1990, the ice mass remained about the same. Since the turn of the millennium, Greenland has been steadily losing ice to the sea. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/

ScienceCasts: The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland

NASA-supported researchers have found that ice covering Greenland is melting faster than previously thought. The action is happening out of sight, below the surface. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA This video is from 2015

Sea depths in the Arctic Circle

Near Greenland, scientists used radar data to discover an 800-meter-deep gorge beneath an ice sheet, and near Alaska, salt water plunges to depths of up to 4,000 meters. The largest "waterfall" on earth. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Spiegel TV Media/R. Hillmann/R. Marel/C. Gerisch/A. Kindler/Maximilian Mohr

Polar bear habitat

Polar bears live in five countries: USA, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. There are a total of 19 geographically separated populations. Four of them are acutely endangered, five stable, and one population is even growing. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Spiegel TV Media/R. Hillmann/R. Marel/C. Gerisch/A.

Earth's Cryosphere: The Arctic

This video segment adapted from NASA uses satellite imagery to provide an overview of the cryosphere in the northern hemisphere, including the Arctic. Investigate the cryosphere's role in North America, the extent of permafrost in the northern hemisphere, and how the polar regions play a role in reg

Where Did Life Come From?

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifesBiggestQuestions Our earth is really old. Estimates put the age of our earth at 4.5 billion years. For 1.5 billion years, it was desolate, no life existed. But Somewhere around 3 billion years ago, life began to sprout on planet earth. Scientis