Melting glaciers in the Alps will eradicate some invertebrates that are crucial for alpine ecosystems – new research

Meltwater rivers in the European Alps will change as glaciers melt – threatening animals that are vital for alpine ecosystems with habitat loss.

Martin Wilkes, Senior Lecturer of Life Sciences, University of Essex • conversation
May 17, 2023 • ~7 min

Skiing in the Alps faces a bleak future thanks to climate change

The Alps are warming at twice the global rate.

Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Dec. 28, 2022 • ~6 min

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet

Switzerland’s glaciers just lost 6% of their ice in a single year.

Neil Entwistle, Professor of River Science and Climate Resilience, University of Salford • conversation
Oct. 18, 2022 • ~6 min

Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought – here’s what that means for 2 billion downstream water users and sea level rise

Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.

Mathieu Morlighem, Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College • conversation
Feb. 7, 2022 • ~8 min

Mountain glaciers hold less ice than previously thought – it's a concern for future water supplies but a drop in the bucket for sea level rise

Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.

Mathieu Morlighem, Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College • conversation
Feb. 7, 2022 • ~8 min

Disappearing glaciers are threatening rare alpine plants with extinction

Glaciers support a unique community of plants, many of which are found nowhere else.

Robert Baxter, Associate Professor of Plant Ecology, Durham University • conversation
Jan. 29, 2021 • ~6 min

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