Glacier Loss Day Alert: Unprecedented Melt Rates Shatter Records
In the summer of 2022, one of Tyrol’s most expansive glaciers experienced its most significant loss of mass on record. Last year, the Hintereisferner in…
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Could We Artificially Dim the Sun Prevent Global Warming?
Using geoengineering techniques, the climate could theoretically be artificially influenced and cooled. Scientists from Bern have now explored the feasibility of halting the melting of…
Unlocking Ancient Climate Secrets – Melting Ice Likely Triggered Climate Change Over 8,000 Years Ago
Scientists analyzing geological samples from Scotland’s Ythan Estuary have pinpointed a melting ice sheet as the likely trigger of a major climate-change event just over…
Why Are Tidewater Glaciers Retreating at Unprecedented Rates? Scientists Discover New Clue
Research from Oregon State University has discovered a potential reason for the rapid retreat of sea-terminating glaciers: the bursting of tiny, pressurized bubbles in underwater…
The Arctic’s Unseen Savior: The Montreal Protocol Has Delayed an Ice-Free Arctic by 15 Years
Recent studies indicate that the implementation of the 1987 global agreement aimed at safeguarding the ozone layer has successfully delayed the emergence of the initial…
Climate Change Could Be Catastrophic to Antarctica’s Major Ice Sheets – But the Ice Has Melted Before
The potential consequences of climate change-induced melting of Antarctica’s major ice sheets would be catastrophic. However, at least one ice sheet in East Antarctica experienced…
Unprecedented Retreat – Once Stable Glacier Now Rapidly Receding at an Alarming Rate
A recent study has revealed that the rising temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean are putting previously stable glaciers at risk. According to a recent study,…
20 Times Quicker – Ice Sheets Can Collapse Far Faster Than Previously Thought Possible
Scientists discover that during periods of global warming, ice sheets can retreat at a pace of up to 600 meters per day, which is 20…
Scientists Have Uncovered New Details of the Icy Depths
A deeper understanding of Antarctic Bottom Water. Researchers have learned new information on how Antarctica’s subsurface ice formation contributes to the circulation of cold, dense…
2018 Arctic Summertime Sea Ice Minimum, Sixth Lowest on Record
Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2018 lowest extent on September 19 and again on September 23, according to NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow…
New Research Details the Net Retreat of Antarctic Glacier Grounding Lines
Antarctica’s great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has found….
New NASA Study Brings Antarctic Ice Loss Into Sharper Focus
A NASA study based on an innovative technique for crunching torrents of satellite data provides the clearest picture yet of changes in Antarctic ice flow…
Machine Learning Helps Predict the Geothermal Heat Flux in Greenland
A paper appearing in Geophysical Research Letters uses machine learning to craft an improved model for understanding geothermal heat flux — heat emanating from the…
Researchers Provide New Insights about Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet
A UCLA-led team was the first to measure Greenland’s melting glaciers from the top of the ice sheet. Their discoveries could help scientists better predict…
NASA Scientists Reveal a New Mode of Ice Loss in Greenland
A new NASA study published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that during Greenland’s hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier…
New Research Shows Greenland Ice Sheet Movement is Decreasing Despite Warming
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…
Yale Scientists Solve the Problem of Sea Ice Thickness Distribution
Using molecular concepts and treating the ice floes of the frozen seas like colliding molecules in a fluid or gas, researchers at Yale University have…
NASA Continues to Research Greenland Ice Sheet Melt and Sea Level Rise
Scientists gather field data on the Greenland Ice Sheet to help verify climate models that are used to estimate future sea level rise and to…