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CryoSat sheds new light on Antarctica's biggest glacier

Jan 28, 2020 (ESA)

Although Pine Island Glacier is one of the most intensively and extensively investigated glacier systems in Antarctica, different model projections of future ma...

Rising global temperatures turn northern permafrost region into significant carbon source

Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)

This region, called the northern permafrost region, is difficult to study, and experiments there are few and far between compared with those in warmer and less ...

Ice911 Research to begin testing its climate restoration solution on sea ice

Jan 22, 2020 (SPX)

This is an extremely important step in Ice911's work and will be the organization's first tests on sea ice. Generous donations and a growing network of connecti...

Pyrenees glaciers 'doomed', experts warn

Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)

"We can't set a precise date but the Pyrenees glaciers are doomed," Pierre Rene, a glaciologist with the region's Moraine glacier study association, told AFP. H...

Climate gas budgets highly overestimate methane discharge from Arctic Ocean

Jan 14, 2020 (SPX)

The Arctic Ocean is a harsh working environment. That is why many of the scientific expeditions, are conducted in the summer and early autumn months, when the w...

Predicting non-native invasions in Antarctica

Jan 14, 2020 (SPX)

Fragile polar biological communities in marine and terrestrial Antarctic habitats are vulnerable to invasion by species from other parts of the world. In some c...

Sea-ice-free Arctic makes permafrost vulnerable to thawing

Jan 13, 2020 (SPX)

However, a crucial past relationship between summer sea ice in the Arctic and permafrost, discovered in this study, is now understood, with significant implicat...

Survivor tells of 20 days in freezing Alaska after cabin burnt down

Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)

Tyson Steele, who was rescued by helicopter on Thursday, said his cabin -- located 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the nearest neighbour -- was incinerated in mid...

Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan's future

Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)

Above them the vast Shisper glacier dominates the landscape: A river of jagged black ice moving towards them at as much as four metres per day. Climate change i...

Without sea ice, Arctic permafrost more likely to thaw

Jan 07, 2020 (UPI)

As its name implies, permafrost is ground that remains frozen for long periods of time, allowing it to store significant amounts of carbon indefinitely. When pe...

Temperatures rise across Europe's far north

Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)

Sunndalsora, a small town in western Norway registered 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit) last Thursday, a temperature never seen before in the Nordic c...

Study measures river ice loss caused by global warming

Jan 01, 2020 (UPI)

In addition to supporting transportation networks, frozen rivers also curb the release of carbon dioxide from freshwater into the atmosphere. But just like glac...

Melting Himalayan glaciers increase risk for glacial lake outburst floods

Dec 31, 2019 (UPI)

Glacial lakes form as melt water pools in mountain crevices. These natural lakes have proliferated throughout the Himalayas over the last two decades as global ...

Greenland meltwater could alter major ocean current

Dec 30, 2019 (UPI)

According to a new study, the current is unlikely to come to a complete stop -- contrary to previous speculation. To better understand the impacts of Greenland ...

Tourism's gifts and woes for Santa and Sami homeland

Dec 24, 2019 (AFP)

At its centre, a wooden, fairytale-esque cabin houses Santa's grotto -- since the 1980s, tourism chiefs have set out to market the main town, Rovaniemi, as the ...

New ice river detected at Arctic glacier adds to rising seas

Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)

Observing the ice cap over a period of years, the researchers thought they were seeing a glacial surge, a temporary condition in which snow buildup ebbs and flo...

Unusual glacier flow could be first-ever look at ice stream formation

Dec 18, 2019 (SPX)

In a remote archipelago of the Russian Arctic, Vavilov Ice Cap had been moving at a glacial pace for decades. Then, in 2013, it suddenly started spewing ice int...

Barrels of ancient Antarctic air aim to track history of rare gas

Dec 16, 2019 (SPX)

While carbon dioxide and methane are well known, researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Rochester are part of a team working to trace...

CryoSat maps ice shelf on the move

Dec 16, 2019 (ESA)

About three-quarters of the Antarctic coastline consists of ice shelves. They are permanent floating extensions of the ice sheet that are connected to and fed b...

UCI-led team releases high-precision map of Antarctic ice sheet bed topography

Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)

Highly anticipated by the global cryosphere and environmental science communities, the newly released Antarctica topography map, BedMachine, and related finding...