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Earth from Space: Melt ponds in West Greenland
Oct 06, 2022 (ESA)
When snow and ice melt atop glaciers, water flows in channels and streams and collects in depressions on the surface. These melt ponds can speed up the melting ...
Glass microspheres won't save Arctic sea ice
Oct 06, 2022 (SPX)
Sea ice, by reflecting the majority of the sun's energy back to space, helps regulate ocean and air temperatures and influences ocean circulation. Its area and ...
Chile's distant paradise where scientists study climate change
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Puerto Williams on Navarino island, which is separated from the South American mainland by the Beagle Channel, is the world's southern-most town. Far from the p...
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
The study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences laid bare the drastic scale of glacial retreat -- which is only set to get worse. ...
Germany down to four glaciers as climate change bites
Sep 26, 2022 (AFP)
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences said the state's Southern Schneeferner had lost its official status as a glacier due to rapid melting of its once sprawling ice...
For the first time we can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice all year round
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
"The Arctic ice is melting faster than ever. We need knowledge about the thickness of the sea ice, both to reduce safety risks for businesses and shipping in th...
Scientists chart 45 million years of Antarctic temperature change
Sep 16, 2022 (SPX)
The team, led by scientists from Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) and Birmingham (UK) say their results suggest we are nearing a 'tipping point' where oce...
Microbiologists study giant viruses in climate-endangered arctic Epishelf lake
Sep 06, 2022 (SPX)
Viruses are key to understanding polar aquatic ecosystems, as these ecosystems are dominated by single celled microorganisms, which are frequently infected by v...
Getting to the bottom of the Arctic sea ice decline
Sep 06, 2022 (SPX)
The sea ice (a term for ice that is not attached to the shoreline) in the Arctic Ocean is currently at an all-time low, owing to global warming. Scientists have...
Significant increase in freshwater entering Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait
Aug 29, 2022 (SPX)
"Our analysis indicates that the Arctic Ocean is becoming less salty in part because the water flowing north through the Bering Strait is becoming less salty," ...
Greenland already locked in to major sea level rise: study
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
Rising sea levels -- pushed up mainly by melting ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica -- are set to redraw the map over centuries and could eventually swamp l...
US creates Arctic ambassador as Russia, China competition rises
Aug 26, 2022 (AFP)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will soon name an ambassador-at-large who will engage with other Arctic nations, indigenous groups and other stakeholders, Sta...
Russian Arctic militarization a 'strategic challenge': NATO chief
Aug 26, 2022 (AFP)
"The high north is strategically important for Euro-Atlantic security," Stoltenberg told a news conference at an air base in Cold Lake, Alberta, noting that wit...
Winter, over at the South Pole for 2022
Aug 25, 2022 (ESA)
The return of the sun is a major milestone for the isolated and confined crew; they are three-quarters of the way through their Antarctic residency and will soo...
Swiss glaciers shrink in half since 1931: study
Aug 22, 2022 (AFP)
Rapid glacier melt in the Alps and elsewhere, which scientists say is driven by climate change, has been increasingly closely monitored since the early 2000s. H...
Greenland treads softly on tourism as icebergs melt
Aug 19, 2022 (AFP)
"It's a dream destination," said Yves Gleyze, a veteran off-the-beaten-track French tourist in his 60s as he arrived at the airport in Ilulissat. Visitors to th...
Thawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributors
Aug 15, 2022 (SPX)
The finding comes from the study of hillsides in a far north region of Russia, where the researchers also found a significant and rapid increase of collapsed hi...
NASA studies find previously unknown loss of Antarctic ice
Aug 11, 2022 (JPL)
One study, published in the journal Nature, maps how iceberg calving - the breaking off of ice from a glacier front - has changed the Antarctic coastline over t...
Swiss mountain pass ice to melt completely within weeks
Aug 11, 2022 (AFP)
Following a dry winter, the summer heatwaves hitting Europe have been catastrophic for the Alpine glaciers, which have been melting at an accelerated rate. The ...
Lowest July Antarctic sea ice on record: monitor
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found Antarctic sea ice extent reached 15.3 million square kilometres (5,900,000 square miles) -- some 1.1 million k...
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