Researchers from UCI and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are concerned that the unique topography beneath East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier could make it even more susceptible…
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Inland Antarctic ice contains volumes of water that can raise global sea levels by several meters. A new study published in the journal Nature shows…
Artist’s impression of the CryoSat satellite in orbit. Credit: ESA/AOES Medialab Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the…
The lead author undertaking satellite validation fieldwork on the Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf, West Antarctica with the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany. Credit: Jonathan Bamber, University…
Landsat 8 false-color composite of Vavilov Ice Cap on June 24, 2018. Authors of a new study suspect the images show the first observation of…
Burning of the rainforest in southwestern Amazonia (the Brazilian, Peruvian and Bolivian Amazon) may increase the melting of tropical glaciers in the Andes, according to…
Comparison composition that shows Mer de Glace glacier from 1919 (left) to 2019 (right, in color). Credit: Walter Mittelholzer, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich & Dr. Kieran Baxter,…
Surface meltwater draining through the ice and beneath Antarctic glaciers is causing sudden and rapid accelerations in their flow towards the sea, according to new…