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Greenland ice cap loses enough water in 20 years to cover US: study
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
The climate is warming faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet and melting ice from Greenland is now the main factor in the rise in the Earth's oc...
New research strengthens link between glaciers and Earth's 'Great Unconformity'
Jan 27, 2022 (SPX)
The research presents the latest findings in a debate over what caused the Earth's "Great Unconformity"- a time gap in the geological record associated with the...
NASA Greenland mission completes six years of mapping unknown terrain
Jan 27, 2022 (JPL)
These new, unique measurements have clarified the likely progress of future ice loss in a place where glaciers are melting six or seven times faster today than ...
Glacier lakes accelerate disappearance of permanent ice: study
Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)
The Swiss-funded study is the first large-scale, detailed analysis of the phenomenon in mountain glaciers and could help forecast major water shortages and huge...
Mega Iceberg A68A released 152B tons of fresh water as it scraped past South Georgia
Jan 21, 2022 (SPX)
In July 2017, the A68A iceberg snapped off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula and began its epic 3.5 year, 4000 km journey across the Southern Oc...
Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwater
Jan 21, 2022 (ESA)
This would not only cause damage to the seafloor ecosystem but also make it difficult for island wildlife, such as penguins, to make their way to the sea to fee...
Climate change: thawing permafrost a triple-threat
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Nearly 70 percent of the roads, pipelines, cities and industry -- mostly in Russia -- built on the region's softening ground are highly vulnerable to acute dama...
Arctic coasts in transition
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
Arctic coasts are characterized by sea ice, permafrost and ground ice. This makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which is alread...
Malaspina Glacier, world's largest piedmont glacier, surges approximately every 10 years
Jan 06, 2022 (SPX)
The Malaspina consists of three lobes, each fed by its own glacier. The Agassiz glacier becomes the Malaspina's western lobe, the Seward glacier forms the cente...
Alaska faces 'Icemageddon' as temperatures swing wildly
Jan 01, 2022 (AFP)
Huge sheets of ice are blocking roads and choking traffic in Fairbanks, Alaska's second largest city, reported the state's transportation department, which has ...
Antarctic oceanographers use seals to do research where ships fear to go
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
A study describing the animal-born investigation technique and the researchers' findings appeared in the journal Limnology and Oceanography on October 9. The co...
High temperatures hit Greenland
Dec 22, 2021 (AFP)
In the capital Nuuk, the mercury hit 13 Celsius (55 Fahrenheit) on December 20, compared to the -5.3C that is average for this time of year. In Qaanaaq in the n...
More than half of Antarctica's plant and animals could disappear due to climate change
Dec 22, 2021 (UPI)
A study in the journal PLOS Biology found that 65% of Antarctica's plant and animal species, including penguins, will likely disappear by the end of the century...
Himalayan glaciers melting at 'exceptional rate'
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
The study, led by the University of Leeds, concludes that over recent decades the Himalayan glaciers have lost ice ten times more quickly over the last few deca...
New study reconstructs preglacial topography of mid-North America for first time
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
For the first time, a research team including IU scientists has reconstructed a view of North America's mid-continent, before glaciers changed the landscape for...
Winter is coming: Researchers uncover the surprising cause of the little ice age
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
The Little Ice Age was one of the coldest periods of the past 10,000 years, a period of cooling that was particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region. T...
Kitesurfing the white wilderness for polar science
Dec 17, 2021 (ESA)
Each hauling a 200-kg sledge and travelling on foot or on skis pulled by kites, Justin and Jamie set out a month ago from the Novolazarevskaya research station ...
NOAA's Arctic report card finds 'alarming' trend in climate crisis
Dec 14, 2021 (UPI)
"The Arctic Report Card continues to show how the impacts of human-caused climate change are propelling the Arctic region into a dramatically different state th...
'Alarm bells' as UN validates record Arctic temperature
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
The sweltering heat -- equivalent to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit -- was seen on June 20, 2020 in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk, marking the highest temperature e...
NOAA report finds climate change making Arctic conditions warmer, wetter
Dec 13, 2021 (UPI)
The past year is the sixth-warmest in the region since 1900, while the last seven years are collectively the warmest seven years on record, according to the NOA...
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