Melting Point: Rapid Retreat at Petermann Glacier
Decades of retreat are visible from above, but harder-to-see changes below the waterline could also affect this iconic glacier’s future. Petermann Glacier is one of…
Decades of retreat are visible from above, but harder-to-see changes below the waterline could also affect this iconic glacier’s future. Petermann Glacier is one of…
New research reveals that ice being lost from glaciers that flow into lakes in the Himalayas has been significantly underestimated. This discovery has critical implications…
As glaciers around the world retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what’s on the horizon to prepare for the…
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…
A paper appearing in Geophysical Research Letters uses machine learning to craft an improved model for understanding geothermal heat flux — heat emanating from the…
A newly published study from the University of Edinburgh shows that the movement of the southwest portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet that terminates on…
New ESA satellite images show that the fastest moving glacier in the world (the Jakobshavn glacier) shed a massive chunk of ice measuring around 12.5…
New data from the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 shows the advance of Hubbard Glacier. Since measurements began in 1895, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier has…
New research reveals two seafloor gateways that could allow warm ocean water to reach the base of Totten Glacier, raising concerns about how it will…
New research found evidence of a drained and refilled subglacial lake in Greenland, revealing that surface meltwater can be trapped and stored at the bed…
A new study led by NASA researchers presents multiple lines of evidence – incorporating 40 years of observations – that rapidly melting section of the…
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) arrived in western Antarctica earlier in December, preparing for their anticipated mission to drill into Lake Ellsworth, a subglacial lake….
Next week, UK glaciologists are heading to Lake Ellsworth to prepare for a new drilling stage that will start on December 5. They hope to…
A 2010 study using measurements taking by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite reported that glaciers in the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau…
Using data from three independent satellites to analyze the extent of surface melt over Greenland’s ice sheet, NASA and university scientists found that ice melting…
Rediscovered aerial photos of Greenland from the 1930s have allowed scientists to construct the history of the glacier retreat and advance in the area. The…
It took seven years, but the photographic record of the Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound on Alaska’s southern central Pacific coast has been compiled…
An international team of scientists is starting a long-term campaign to measure the overall health of the ice atop Tibet and its surrounding mountains. This…