Satellite data shows that the Earth’s glaciers are melting faster than ever before
This doesn't make it high on the idealio scale.
Tag: melting
New projections warn that Greenland’s ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we’ve estimated
That’s a high margin of error.
Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s
On current trends, Greenland ice melting will cause 100 million people to be flooded each year by 2100.
The Arctic’s oldest and thickest ice is disappearing fast
The last bastion of ice in the Arctic is not that stable after all.
Research uncovered new, surprising melting patterns beneath the Ice Ross Shelf
Sometimes, you just have to look at individual trees to understand the forest.
Nearly one quarter of West Antarctica ice is unstable, melting, study reports
That's a LOT of ice.
Retreating ice is exposing Arctic moss and plants for the first time in 120,000 years
Climate change is exposing plant life that's been preserved by the ice cap for thousands of years.
Boaty McBoatface to lead 5-year expedition to one of the fastest-melting glaciers
It's one of the last barriers holding back a lot of water from hitting the ocean.
Unless coal is phased out by 2050, Antarctica’s melting ice sheet could drive a massive surge in sea level rise
Some countries are already planning to phase out coal by 2030 but it's not enough.
New MIT material can soak up solar heat and release it on demand
A team of researchers from MIT created a material that can make use of solar energy in a novel way, ...