Satellite image showing clouds over the Greenland Sea downstream of the ice edge during conditions where there was a large transfer of heat and moisture from the ocean to the atmosphere. NASA June 29, 2015 Declining winter sea ice near Greenland spells cooler climate for Europe Kent Moore, University of Toronto; Ian Renfrew, University of East Anglia; Kjetil Våge, University of Bergen, and Robert Pickart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Loss of sea ice near Greenland and Iceland portend a colder future for Europe.