Scientists Concerned As Denman Glacier Retreats Both Above and Below the Water Line
Using a combination of satellite sensors, scientists recently found that Denman Glacier has been retreating both above and below the water line. That one glacier…
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Vulnerable to Climate Change: Huge Antarctic Glacier Melting From the Bottom Up
The shape of the ground beneath Denman Glacier, which is melting from the bottom up, makes it particularly vulnerable to the intrusion of seawater. Denman…
Climactic Risk of Global Sea Level Rise as Antarctica’s Denman Glacier Has Retreated Almost 3 Miles
UCI, NASA scientists assess ice sheet with potential to raise global sea levels nearly 5 feet. East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated 5 kilometers, nearly…
Physics Shows Antarctic Glacier Ice Walls Are Vital Protection for the Climate
Inland Antarctic ice contains volumes of water that can raise global sea levels by several meters. A new study published in the journal Nature shows…
Massive Iceberg 5 Times Larger Than Manhattan Shatters Into Pieces – Satellite Video
The Pine Island Glacier recently spawned an iceberg over 300 sq km that very quickly shattered into pieces. This almost cloud-free image, captured on February…
Alarming Discovery in Antarctica Serves as Warning Signal for Sea-Level Rise
Scientists Find Record Warm Water in Antarctica, Pointing to Cause Behind Troubling Glacier Melt A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, the…
Ocean Gnawing Away at Glaciers Is Intensifying Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet
The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster today than it did only a few years ago. The reason: it’s not just melting on the surface…
CryoSat Discovers Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier’s Ice Loss Pattern Is Evolving
Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. However, the…
Antarctica’s Biggest Glacier Is Thinning in Patterns Opposite to Previously Observed
Using the latest satellite technology from the European Space Agency (ESA), scientists from the University of Bristol have been tracking patterns of mass loss from…
Unprecedented Look at Ice Stream Formation on Remote Russian Glacier [Video]
Scientists have captured the birth of a high-speed ice feature for the first time on top of a Russian glacier. In a remote archipelago of…
Ice in Motion: Incredible Time-Lapse Satellite Footage Captures Decades of Change
New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – some spanning nearly 50 years – are providing scientists with new…
Increased Melting of Tropical Glaciers Caused by Amazon Fires
Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia (the Brazilian, Peruvian and Bolivian Amazon) may increase the melting of tropical glaciers in the Andes, according to…
100 Years of Climate Change Visible in Aerial Photographs of Alpine Glaciers
In 1919, the Swiss pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer flew over Mont Blanc in a biplane photographing the alpine landscape. Exactly 100 years later, researchers…
Antarctic Glaciers Slipping Faster Towards the Ocean Due to Surface Melting
Study shows for the first time a direct link between surface melting and short bursts of glacier acceleration in Antarctica During these events, Antarctic Peninsula…
NASA’s OMG Mission Raises Plenty of New Questions
Only seven months after NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission wrapped its last field campaign on the world’s largest island, an OMG crew is back…
New Discovery Signals Rapid Decay in Antarctic Glacier
A gigantic cavity — two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall — growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in…
NASA Image of the Day – ‘Snow Swamp’ on Canada’s Lowell Glacier
Over a mere four days this summer, snow from the previous winter melted into a pond of slush on Canada’s Lowell Glacier. Mauri Pelto, a…
NASA Views One of the Most Rapidly Changing Glaciers in the World
The Columbia Glacier descends from an ice field 10,000 feet (3,050 meters) above sea level, down the flanks of the Chugach Mountains, and into a narrow inlet that…