What is Actually Happening to Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier?’ — A New Study Offers An Entirely New Perspective
What we are seeing with Thwaites Glacier right now is a disaster in slow motion.
Forgotten, Half-Century Old Film Photographs Reveal A Hidden Truth About Antartica’s Glaciers
1,000 film photographs of Antarctica from the 1960s helped scientists reconstruct what five glaciers were like decades before the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed.
Alaska’s Glaciers are Speeding Towards a Crucial Tipping Point
Here's why the old models got it so wrong.
What Actually Happened To The ‘Doomsday Glacier?’ Here’s What Satellite Data Shows
A new study offers a hint to why melt models haven’t kept up with reality.
Shocking report finds more than a dozen famous sites will lose their glaciers by 2050
Mount Kilimanjaro, Yosemite, the Dolomites, and more.
Glacier study suggests life can survive without this basic everyday necessity
The hunt for extraterrestrial life is getting interesting.
At least half the world’s glaciers could melt — and that’s under the best-case scenario
The prognosis isn't good, but we can still take action to avert catastrophe.
Mars once had glaciers — but low gravity made them weirder than anything we know
The key word here is moves, resulting from meltwater gathering below the ice sheet and lubricating its passage downwards across the landscape.
Glacier study finds Earth has less water than we thought
The findings could affect water supply for millions of people.
As major glaciers melt, Covid-19 sidelines climate strategy talks
Two major glaciers are breaking up. That's bad news.
Viral video researcher reveals the fascinating glacier science behind it
The acoustics are cool, but the scientific discoveries that come from ice cores could be planet-saving.
Time-lapse video captures massive iceberg breaking off glacier in Antarctica
The video provides a startling visualization of the effects of rising sea temperatures — and what happens when an iceberg shatters.
Melting glaciers may have a surprising upside -- but there's a catch
Increased hydropower may be a silver lining to otherwise devastating ice loss. Or, it could make the problem worse.
Glacier photos taken 100 years apart highlight the severity of global warming
The peak’s name literally means “white mountain,” but that’s changing.
Melting Glaciers Are Having an Unexpectedly Positive Effect on Carbon Dioxide
But don't expect it to be a climate change savior.
Melting Continental Glaciers Remain a World-Flooding Enigma
"The potential contributions of ice sheets remain the largest source of uncertainty."
Greenland's Melting Glaciers Are Problematically Worth Billions of Dollars
It's time to decide whether it's okay to profit off of climate change.
Thwaites Glacier: NASA Finds a Giant, Dangerous Cavity Under the Ice
It's almost 1,000 feet tall and two-thirds the size of Manhattan.
The Great Unconformity of Earth's Geology May Have Been Crushed by Glaciers
The Great Unconformity isn't just a nickname for your teenage years.
Glaciers Supporting Local Communities in South America Are Melting Fast
Dry seasons can last as long as six months.
NASA Video Shows Unprecedented View of Antarctica's Fastest-Melting Glacier
A 115-square mile glacier has broke off from Antarctica's fastest-melting glacier.
NASA Discovered Why Greenland’s Glaciers Are Melting at Different Speeds
One of the oldest glacier mysteries is solved.
Rapidly Melting Patagonian Glaciers Are Alarming for This Reason
Billions of tons of water are pouring into oceans.
This Blue Glacier Is So Freaking Blue for Disappointingly Normal Reasons
Still pretty spectacular, though.
New NASA Maps Have Very Bad News For Greenland
The notoriously large ice island won't be large for long.
Antarctica's 'Sleeping Giant' Glacier Is Melting From the Bottom Up
"It might just take the wind blowing to wake it up."
Why It Matters That Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Is Falling Apart
'Irreversible retreat has already begun.'
When It Comes to Antarctica's Ice, You're Worrying About the Wrong Thing
It's not that the ice breaks off, it's that it continues to break up.
Pluto’s Nitrogen Ice Glaciers Have Floating Hills Made of Ice
The dwarf planet continues to be full of surprises.
