ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- At first the scientists weren’t sure what was happening: a loud boom followed by reverberating cracks and pops coming from the direction of the ice-top lake. Then the water in the lake started receding and everyone realized that the ice underneath had opened up and was draining millions of gallons of water before their eyes...

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- On his team's first day out in the field near Kangerlussuaq, Paul Bierman of the University of Vermont explains what kind of rocks they look for to help determine the last time Greenland was free of ice...

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- Here’s your bit o’ science jargon for the day: cryoconite. It’s a word I encountered in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica seven years…

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- On our excursions out of Kanger, Lisa and I always had our eyes peeled for wildlife. We were hoping to catch sight of…

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- When scientists try to discover why a large glacier in Greenland suddenly speeds up, they look for all kinds of clues, including the sudden flood of water to the base of the glacier when a giant melt lake cracks the ice open. In this video, we ask scientist Ian Joughin about the significance of these floods...

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND-- The Exploratorium crew has moved to Ilulissat, a beautiful town 250 kilometers above the Arctic Circle on the west coast of Greenland. This is a gathering place for glaciologists because it’s close to the one of the world’s fastest-moving and most productive glaciers, the Jakobshavn glacier...

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- As discussed in my last dispatch, Lisa and I got up to the Greenland Ice Sheet, tagging along with a group of glaciologists on a rock-hunting expedition. In this video dispatch, I give a quick update from atop the second largest ice sheet in the world...

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- Every scientist going into the field has a plan, but things rarely go exactly as planned. Today was a perfect example. We drove…

KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- Upon arrival at the Kangerlussuaq International Science Support center (affectionately known as KISS), I decided to give a quick video update...

EN ROUTE TO KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND-- (Onboard an LC-130 from Stratton National Air Guard Base) For scientists doing research in Greenland, and those of us lucky…