This satellite image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission reveals the rapid retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier. Since the 1980s, it has retreated over 20 km…
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Satellite image of Ålfotbreen glacier in Norway, captured on August 23, 2003. Satellite image of Ålfotbreen glacier in Norway, captured on September 4, 2022. Resting…
Jakobshavn Isbrae, a glacier on Greenland’s western coast, is shown in imagery taken on September 4, 2022, by Landsat 8, breaking at its edge. A…
An image showing ice flowing into the ocean and forming an ice shelf in Antarctica. (NB: This image is not of Pine Island Glacier itself,…
The Pyramid Observatory at night. Important for the researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA): The climate station has recorded hourly meteorological…
Researchers, including those from the University at Buffalo, have discovered that Greenland’s peripheral glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate, with the 21st-century retreat rate…
A recent study led by glaciologist Benjamin Wallis has revealed the alarming instability of the Antarctic’s Cadman Glacier, which rapidly lost significant ice due to…
A recent study by Portland State University has uncovered the alarming disappearance and transformation of glaciers in the Western United States. The inventory, updating a…
A collaborative study has found that Greenland’s peripheral glaciers are retreating at an unprecedented rate, with the retreat in the 21st century being twice as…
Danish researchers have conducted a comprehensive study revealing a dramatic increase in Greenland’s glacier melting over the past 20 years, five times faster than in…
A stunning photograph of the Andes Mountains in southern Peru captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on May 31, 2023. The icy…
View of Hintereisferner on 23 June 2018 (left) and 23 June 2022 (right). 2018 is considered a bad year for the mass balance of the…
Image of the Terra Sirenum and its gullies captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL/Univ.…
Galong Co. Credit: Huang Chen Revealing “invisible” glacier loss underwater Recent research shows that the mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the Himalayas has been…
Amundsen Sea Embayment. Credit: University of Leeds According to scientists, the Amundsen Sea Embayment, which is the fastest-changing region in Antarctica, has experienced a loss…
A Relict Glacier near Mars’ Equator. (NASA MRO HiRISE and CRISM false color composite). Credit: Pascal Lee The preservation of water ice at shallow depths…
Aerial photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula’s glaciers. Credit: Dr. Anna E. Hogg, University of Leeds According to researchers, glaciers – massive blocks of moving ice…
Melting in cracks and crevasses where ice enters the ocean at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is faster than scientists thought. Credit: NASA Data come from an…
The icefin robot under the ice near McMurdo research station, operated by the US Antarctic Program. Credit: Rob Robbins USAP Results provide close-up view of…
Doomsday Glacier Is “In Trouble” – Surprising Results From Underwater Robot Close-Up View of Melting
The icefin robot under the ice near McMurdo research station, operated by the US Antarctic Program. Credit: Rob Robbins USAP New data from an international…