Yet this evolution of the icescapes and wild tundra above the Arctic Circle – outside of out-of-bounds Russia, which ...
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...
As the frozen parts of our planet face rapid and unprecedented change, NSIDC has been sharing how and why its key features are changing.
That’s imprudent, because the Arctic’s climate is changing more rapidly than anywhere on Earth. Such rapid warming further ...
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of the ...
Glaciers are melting rapidly, reducing ice and freshwater supplies, increasing sea levels, and threatening global water ...
Earth’s glaciers are melting at an unprecedented speed, with new research showing that 300 billion tons of ice are vanishing ...
A recent discovery in Greenland reveals a surprising factor that could accelerate the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
These juddering 'ice quakes' were found by dropping a fiber-optic cable into a mile-deep borehole dug into Greenland ice.
Researchers have discovered numerous tiny ice quakes occurring deep within Greenland's ice streams. These quakes contribute ...
The TERMINUS expedition to Greenland is uncovering critical data on glacier-ocean interactions and sedimentation at glacier ...
New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.