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

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

What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It's losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise

A field glaciologist explains the changes scientists are now seeing.

Alun Hubbard, Professor of Glaciology, Arctic Five Chair, University of Tromsø • conversation
Aug. 29, 2022 • ~11 min

Conger ice shelf has collapsed: what you need to know, according to experts

For the first time since satellites started studying the continent, East Antarctica has lost an entire ice shelf.

Bertie Miles, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geosciences, University of Edinburgh • conversation
March 28, 2022 • ~6 min

Greenland is melting: we need to worry about what’s happening on the largest island in the world

Our new research shows the island's largest glaciers are losing ice faster than previously thought.

Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol • conversation
Nov. 17, 2020 • ~5 min

Video: How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics

Ice cores can preserve evidence of 'black swan' events like pandemics and droughts, but the glaciers from which they are collected are disappearing.

Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Geography (Atmospheric Sciences), Senior Research Scientist, The Ohio State University • conversation
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~8 min

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