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- 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/
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