Ghostly Satellite Image Captures the Arctic ‘Losing Its Soul’
“We started hearing a noise, like breaking, or coins falling,” says Marco Tedesco, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. He makes a loud,...
Mount Shasta barely has any snow this year. Will it ever come back?
But this summer, the north state’s tallest peak is looking a little frail. Its slopes are drab and dusty, and most of the snow has...
The amount of Greenland ice that melted on Tuesday could cover Florida in 2 inches of water
Greenland is experiencing its most significant melting event of the year as temperatures in the Arctic surge. The amount of ice that melted on Tuesday...
Top US scientist on melting glaciers: ‘I’ve gone from being an ecologist to a coroner’
Diana Six’s love of the outdoors began before she could form words, run, or collect the bugs and fungi that were precious to her as...
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change
The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world’s largest island, calling it is “a natural step” because the...
Thawing Permafrost has Damaged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Poses an Ongoing Threat
Thawing permafrost threatens to undermine the supports holding up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, jeopardizing the structural integrity of one of the world’s...
Opinion: The Arctic’s ice is thinning faster than expected. It’s an ominous sign.
Polar Bears struggling on thin Arctic ice is perhaps the most iconic image associated with climate change. Human-caused global warming is extreme near the poles,...
Melting of Greenland ice may accelerate as glaciers get shorter – study
As the central-western Greenland ice sheet melts, it is also shrinking in height, with its surface exposed to warmer temperatures at lower altitudes that contributes...