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Scientists aim to uncover cause of unexpected warmth in Everest glacier

Mar 20, 2025 (SPX)

Their destination is the Western Cwm, a sunlit valley where the team believes intense solar radiation is melting snow even when the air remains below freezing. ...

ICESat-2's Laser Fires 2 Trillionth Shot, Spots Clouds

Mar 17, 2025 (SPX)

ICESat-2's instrument, the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), uses rapid pulses of green laser light and an incredibly precise clock system to...

AI reveals new insights into Antarctic ice flow

Mar 14, 2025 (SPX)

A study published on March 13 in *Science* by researchers at Stanford University leverages machine learning to analyze high-resolution satellite and radar data,...

Scientists establish link between Earth's orbital shifts and ice age cycles

Mar 11, 2025 (SPX)

An international team of researchers, including scientists from UC Santa Barbara, has examined how subtle variations in Earth's orbit influence these major clim...

Intense Atmospheric Rivers Can Partially Replenish Greenland Ice Sheet Loss

Mar 11, 2025 (SPX)

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of concentrated moisture that transport water vapor and heat from warm oceanic regions to colder high-latitude areas. ...

Five things to know about Greenland

Mar 08, 2025 (AFP)

Here are five things to know about Greenland: - 'Green land' - Inhabited by Inuits on and off for almost 4,500 years, the island was originally dubbed 'Green la...

World's sea ice cover hits record low in February

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

The Copernicus Climate Change Service said February 2025 was the third-hottest on record, continuing a warming trend since 2023 stoked by greenhouse gas emissio...

Global sea ice cover hits record low in February as world continues hot streak

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

Copernicus Climate Change Service said last month was the third hottest February, with planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions stoking global temperatures. That...

Trump tells Greenland US will get it 'one way or the other'

Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)

"That won't happen," Danish Defence Minister Trouls Lund Poulsen told public broadcaster DR. "The direction that Greenland wants to take will be decided by Gree...

Finnish space centre monitors climate change on the front line

Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)

Slowly turning like sunflowers towards polar satellites in space, four large antennas dominate the snowy Finnish Meteorological Institute's Arctic Space Centre ...

World's biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island

Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)

The colossal iceberg A23a -- which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes -- has been drifting north from Antarctic...

PolyU and Global Team Harness Satellite Data to Decode Greenland Ice Sheet Melt

Mar 01, 2025 (SPX)

Greenland hosts the second-largest ice sheet on Earth, spanning an ice thickness of approximately three kilometers. A complete meltdown would trigger a global s...

Study reveals how Earth's orbit controls ice ages

Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)

That's according to a new study published Thursday in Science, which analyzed how subtle shifts in Earth's orbit around the Sun have historically triggered mass...

Giant ice sheets shaped Earth's evolution by altering ocean chemistry

Feb 26, 2025 (SPX)

By chemically analyzing mineral crystals within ancient rock formations, researchers found that as glaciers advanced, they scoured deep into the Earth's crust, ...

'All eyes on Arctic': Canada boosts its northern force

Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)

"All eyes are on the Arctic today," said Riviere, who heads the Canadian Armed Forces Joint Task Force North. Thawing ice caused by climate change is opening up...

Arctic military build-up brings foreign troops to northern Finland

Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)

The troops blend in well with their surroundings as they prepare for battle, in a US-led military exercise designed to hone tactics and a rapid response in case...

Resilient Algae Accelerate Greenland Ice Melt

Feb 20, 2025 (SPX)

Researchers have long known about this phenomenon, but it was assumed that the algae had limited colonization potential due to the scarcity of nutrients in the ...

Glacial Ice Loss Escalates Freshwater Depletion and Sea Level Rise

Feb 20, 2025 (SPX)

Global Glacial Ice Loss Intensifies At the start of the 21st century, glaciers spanned over 705,221 square kilometers, containing an estimated 121,728 billion t...

Melting Glaciers Accelerate Freshwater Loss and Global Sea-Level Rise

Feb 20, 2025 (SPX)

An international team of researchers, led by the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) at the University of Zurich (UZH), conducted the Glacier Mass Balance I...

Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists say

Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)

The world's glaciers, which are important climate regulators and hold freshwater resources for billions, are rapidly melting as the world warms. In a first-of-i...