Given the number of satellite images available nowadays, we may not have the human resources to map every region ... glaciers across Svalbard have been shrinking significantly. We discovered a loss of ...

Not too long ago I was the guide on a wildlife-photography trip to Svalbard, an archipelago halfway ... and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the ...

Ly's itinerary recommendations include whale watching, with nearly a dozen types of whales navigating Icelandic waters; visiting Vatnajökull ... point of activities in Svalbard, which range ...

The ecological impacts of glacier melt are well-documented, but its geopolitical ramifications are equally significant. In Europe, where many national borders align with watershed lines along high ...

More information: Tian Li et al, Pervasive glacier retreats across Svalbard from 1985 to 2023, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-55948-1 ...

A University of Bristol study found that 91% of Svalbard’s glaciers have significantly shrunk since 1985, losing over 800 km² ...

Her research focuses on the hydrology of rock glaciers and the connections between glacier melt and groundwater ... of sea surface temperature in the Arctic Ocean near Svalbard, Norway.

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a glacier surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities.

Landslides have uncovered pieces of an ancient glacier near Baffin Island. Researchers believe this is the oldest glacier ice ...

What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to ...