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Greenland is shifting centimeters northwest each year, shows new research led by Danjal Longfors Berg (right). The island’s size also changes due to bedrock stretching and compression. (Photo: DTU Space)

Greenland is twisting and stretching, GNSS data shows

October 17, 2025

Greenland is being twisted, compressed and stretched, according to researchers in the Department of Space Research and Space […]


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Galileo SAR enhanced with new Greenland site

June 1, 2023

EUSPA and Naviair have partnered to strengthen the monitoring capabilities of the Galileo search and rescue service by adding a new site in Greenland.


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UAV finds WWII plane under Greenland ice

October 1, 2018

A team deployed ground-penetrating radar mounted on drones, showing that the technology can search and locate targets buried […]


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Geologist uses lidar to monitor Greenland Glacier ice loss

November 30, 2017

Leigh Stearns, a geologist with the University of Kansas, is working with a Riegl VZ-6000 ultra long range […]


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New GPS study finds 200 gigatons of ice missing

September 26, 2016

A new study based on GPS measurements of the Earth’s crust suggests the Greenland ice sheet is melting […]


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