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Melting of Alaskan glaciers accelerating faster than previously thought

Melting of Alaskan glaciers accelerating faster than previously thought

Tired Earth July 03, 2024

Melting of glaciers in a major Alaskan icefield has accelerated and could reach an irreversible tipping point earlier than previously....

How climate change is redrawing the border between Switzerland and Italy

How climate change is redrawing the border between Switzerland and Italy

Michael Murphy July 31, 2023

Land borders are often regarded as permanent fixed lines – but in mountainous regions like the Alps, where melting glaciers....

World’s glaciers are melting faster than expected, with visible consequences

World’s glaciers are melting faster than expected, with visible consequences

Liang Lan August 01, 2022

The extreme temperatures Europe has experienced in recent weeks have resulted in an increase in the rate of snowpack melt....

Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

George Scott July 26, 2022

MORTERATSCH GLACIER, SWITZERLAND (REUTERS) - From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never....

We studied how the Antarctic ice sheet advanced and retreated over 10,000 years. It holds warnings for the future

We studied how the Antarctic ice sheet advanced and retreated over 10,000 years. It holds warnings for the future

Liang Lan July 14, 2022

Alarming stories from Antarctica are now more frequent than ever; the ice surface is melting, floating ice shelves are collapsing....

Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed as temperatures soared to 40 above normal

Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed as temperatures soared to 40 above normal

Liang Lan March 28, 2022

An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on....

Seawater seep may be speeding glacier melt, sea level rise

Seawater seep may be speeding glacier melt, sea level rise

Liang Lan February 14, 2022

The melting of ice sheets at the points where they float on and along the world's oceans is a major....

New radar technology records Antarctic glaciers losing ice faster than ever documented before

New radar technology records Antarctic glaciers losing ice faster than ever documented before

George Scott February 08, 2022

In a new University of Houston study using an advanced remote imaging system known as synthetic aperture radar interferometry, three....