• The five- to six-week mission will study whether Greenland meltwater could disrupt Atlantic currents
• Britain’s Advanced Research and Innovation Agency is funding the £20 million expedition
• Submersible ‘Boaty McBoatface’ is onboard

HARWICH, England, July 15 (Reuters) – An international team ​of around 80 scientists and crew will set sail on polar research ship the ‌RSS David Attenborough for Greenland this week to investigate whether the island’s rapidly melting glaciers could disrupt a major Atlantic Ocean current system and with it Europe’s climate.

The five- to six-week mission departs Britain after the country and Western Europe just experienced the warmest ​June months on record, disrupting power supplies, shutting schools and causing excess deaths. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/scientists-sail-greenland-study-glacier-melt-risk-2026-07-15/