Antarctic study proves glacier has undergone irreversible retreat – highlighting potential for widespread ice loss

Pine Island Glacier passed a tipping point decades ago, and it could do again in the future.

Mattias Green, Professor in Physical Oceanography, Bangor University • conversation
Dec. 13, 2023 ~6 min

A Peruvian farmer is trying to hold energy giant RWE responsible for climate change – the inside story of his groundbreaking court case

If this case succeeds, it could set a precedent to hold major polluters responsible for the effects of climate change – even on the other side of the world.

Noah Walker-Crawford, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, UCL • conversation
Nov. 27, 2023 ~26 min


Greenland glacier melting has increased 5X in 20 years

Greenland's glaciers are losing about 25 meters (around 82 feet) every year. That represents a fivefold increase during the past 20 years.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Nov. 14, 2023 ~7 min

Increasing melting of West Antarctic ice shelves may be unavoidable – new research

Humanity has lost control of West Antarctic ice-sheet melting.

Paul Holland, Ocean and Ice Scientist, British Antarctic Survey • conversation
Oct. 23, 2023 ~7 min

Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world

Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small ones have been producing larger floods in recent years.

Brianna Rick, Postdoctoral Fellow, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Alaska Anchorage • conversation
Oct. 9, 2023 ~8 min

Llamas can mitigate some of climate change’s harmful effects

"...llamas, when managed by Indigenous herders, are accelerating soil fertility and plant succession."

Alex Reshanov - UT Austin • futurity
Oct. 4, 2023 ~4 min

Glaciers can give us clues about when a volcano might erupt

Like icy thermometers, glaciers overlying volcanoes shift according to temperature changes below.

Iestyn Barr, Reader in Physical Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
Oct. 2, 2023 ~5 min

To predict future sea level rise, we need accurate maps of the world's most remote fjords

Some of the world’s biggest glaciers flow into fjords in Greenland and we need to know what they’ll bump into on the seabed.

Martin Jakobsson, Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Stockholm University • conversation
Aug. 21, 2023 ~7 min


Climate Change Creates Questions for Alaska's Tourist Economy

VOA Learning English • voa
Aug. 18, 2023 ~5 min

How climate change might trigger more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Climate change is causing increasingly severe weather – but it’s not just hazards at the Earth’s surface we should be concerned about.

Matthew Blackett, Reader in Physical Geography and Natural Hazards, Coventry University • conversation
Aug. 8, 2023 ~7 min

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