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.
Dec. 13, 2023 • ~6 min
Pine Island Glacier passed a tipping point decades ago, and it could do again in the future.
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.
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.
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.
Climate change is causing increasingly severe weather – but it’s not just hazards at the Earth’s surface we should be concerned about.
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