Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers.
Publication: Greenland
Snopes→ Danish-Canadian Deal Ends 49-Year-Old Feud over Arctic Isle
A territorial dispute between Denmark and Canada over a barren and uninhabited rock in the Arctic that has led to decades of friendly friction has come to an end.
Climate Feedback→ Wall Street Journal op-ed by Steven Koonin publishes misleading claims about how climate change influences Greenland ice melt
SUMMARY The Wall Street Journal published a range of misleading claims about Greenland’s ice melt in an op-ed by Steve Koonin, a theoretical physicist and professor at the New York University Stern School of Business. The op-ed downplays the impac
Climate Feedback→ PragerU video on climate change repeats a range of misleading claims by Steven Koonin
SUMMARY A popular PragerU video (viewed more than 1 million times) outlines a range of claims on climate change by Steve Koonin, a theoretical physicist and professor at the New York University Stern School of Business. The claims, many of which Koo
Climate Feedback→ Rain fell on Greenland summit for the first time on record, as accurately reported by CNN
SUMMARY An article published in CNN discusses observations made by scientists stationed at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet. Reporting on a summary released by the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, the article describes how rain, ins
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Greenland’ Boat in Arctic Ice Picture
On September 25 2019, a Reddit user shared a dramatic image to r/pics, titled simply “Greenland”: Greenland from pics Six days earlier, a different user shared the image to r/MostBeautiful, earning a fraction of th
Truth or Fiction?→ Has Denmark Offered to Buy the United States From Russia?
In the later days of August 2019, the Trump administration presented a dizzying array of outrageous claims and proposals, one of which appeared to capture the hearts and minds of American reporters completely for several days — a pitch to buy Greenl
Snopes→ Danish PM: Trump’s Idea of Buying Greenland Is ‘Absurd’
Greenland is not for sale and U.S. President Donald Trump's idea of buying the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic from Denmark is "an absurd discussion," Denmark's prime minister said.
Snopes→ AP Sources: Trump Has Talked about Buying Greenland for US
Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S.