NASA snaps picture of huge crack in Greenland ice shelf
An unexpected crack has emerged across a giant Greenland glacier, raising concerns that a big chunk of the glacier might ...
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Startling NASA photo reveals 300-foot-wide rift in Antarctic Ice Shelf
It looks like we're moving closer to a dramatic break-up.
Continents soak up water, slowing down sea level rise. This won’t go on forever, though
Today, sea levels rise at a rate double that recorded in the 20th century. That's a lot, but not nearly ...
This glacier produces half a million ice quakes a year
Somewhere in the Arctic, in the interior of the Greenland ice sheets, there lies a glacier like no other. This ...
Greenland Glacier Loses Huge Chunk of Ice
Scientists have reported the break of a huge part of Jakobshavn Glacier, one of the largest ones in Greenland. A ...
Central Asia glaciers are melting at an alarming rate threatening the water supply of millions
Glaciers covering Asia's Tian Shan mountains have lost a quarter of their mass over the past 50 years, at a ...
Everest glaciers might be gone thanks to global warming, new study concludes
A new study shows once again that no place on Earth is safe from the effects of climate change. Even ...
Huge Ice Shelf in Antarctica Set to Collapse
A NASA study has found that a huge ice shelf is set to collapse in a few years. The ice ...
Mars has giant belts of glaciers, Danish researchers claim
Astronomers have known for quite a while that Mars has distinct polar ice caps, but the Red Planet might also ...
Repeat Photography From the 1920s and Now Shows Incredible Glacier Retreat
Repeat photography (or rephotography) is a technique in which photographs are taken repeatedly at a site to see how it ...
Huge Antarctica Glacier might melt much faster than previously believed
Researchers from NASA, Imperial College in London and Texas University have discovered two seafloor troughs that allow warm ocean water ...
Time Lapse Video Shows Glacier Retreat
Fox Glacier is one of the most spectacular sights in New Zealand, receiving on average over 1,000 visits every day. ...
Iceberg the size of Singapore breaks away from Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Singapore has separated from Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier This kind of detachment is not ...
Antarctica in the past: warm and flat, before glaciers shaped it
We have a rather sound image in our heads of Antarctica: cold, barren and damn well inhospitable. Million of years ...
Glacier in Chile retreats half a mile in a year
According to Chile's Centre for Scientific Studies (CECs) it seems like an array of glaciers located in the country's south ...
Artificial glacier to cool Mongolian capital
Ulan Bator is a weird town; while some people live in skyscrapers, or big fancy villas, some still live in ...
Iceberg the size of NYC forming in Antarctica
[caption id="attachment_9785" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="NASA's Operation IceBridge discovered a major rift in the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica. (c) ...
Warmer oceans lead to faster glacier melting
[caption id="attachment_7788" align="alignnone" width="453" caption="Masses of ice rise up to 120 feet above the water level near the Southern Shetlands ...
Glaciers are melting faster than previously thought, new study says
By means of a new mathematical model, scientists have been able to calculate the displacement of ice in glaciers along ...
Hundreds of icebergs drifting towards New Zealand
According to the Australian Antarctic Division, at least a hundred Antarctic icebergs are currently drifting towards New Zealand at a ...
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