How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches

Remote sensing satellites provide the crucial data that helps scientists model disasters so that they can work on predicting avalanche patterns in future.

Lydia Sam, Lecturer in Earth Observation & Planetary Science, University of Aberdeen • conversation
March 3, 2022 • ~8 min

What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 1-foot rise within three decades and more frequent flooding

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 10-12 inches more by midcentury with frequent coastal flooding

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

What's causing sea level rise? It's now expected to add 10-12 inches by midcentury

A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts.

Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona • conversation
Feb. 16, 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

Antarctica's 'doomsday' glacier: how its collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islands

A massive Antarctic ice shelf is showing signs of cracking and could trigger worldwide flooding.

Ella Gilbert, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Science, University of Reading • conversation
Dec. 22, 2021 • ~6 min

Antarctic air bubbles indicate Earth’s oxygen thief

Air bubbles in Antarctic ice suggest that glacial erosion caused atmospheric oxygen levels to dip over the past 800,000 years.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Dec. 21, 2021 • ~6 min

2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions, extreme events and global connections

Sea ice is thinning at an alarming rate. Snow is shifting to rain. And humans worldwide are increasingly feeling the impact of what happens in the seemingly distant Arctic.

Twila Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Dec. 14, 2021 • ~9 min

Losing Glaciers Will Hurt Tourism and Power Supplies
VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 12, 2021 • ~5 min

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