Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear
As glaciers around the world recede rapidly owing to global warming, some communities are facing a new problem: the sudden disappearance of their rivers. River...
Melting ice: What’s the big deal?
The melting of the polar ice caps has often been portrayed as a tsunami-inducing Armageddon in popular culture. In the 2004 disaster movie The Day...
Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive – study
Polar bears and narwhals are using up to four times as much energy to survive because of major ice loss in the Arctic, according to...
A lopsided January
Arctic sea ice extent for January 2021 tracked below average, with the monthly average finishing sixth lowest in the satellite record. While air temperatures were...
Arctic warming and diminishing sea ice are influencing the atmosphere
Researchers have resolved for the first time, how the environment affects the formation of nanoparticles in the Arctic. The results give additional insight into the...
Global ice loss is catching up to worst-case scenario predictions
Melting ice sheets is one of the most cliché signifiers of global warming and the climate crisis — but clichés originate in the truth, after...
Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year. And it’s going to get worse.
Global ice loss has increased rapidly over the past two decades, and scientists are still underestimating just how much sea levels could rise, according to...
Southern Ocean waters are warming faster than thought, threatening Antarctic ice
The Southern Ocean is one of the most important yet least explored and understood regions of the planet when it comes to determining how global...