Ice Age effects still show up in crocodiles today

“This is one of the first times Ice Age effects have been found in a tropical species," says José Avila-Cervantes.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
Jan. 26, 2023 ~3 min

Greenland’s glaciers might be melting 100x faster than thought

Glaciers in Greenland may be melting as much as 100 times as fast as than previously thought, researchers report.

Rebecca Riley-UT Austin • futurity
Dec. 16, 2022 ~5 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

Ice world: Antarctica's riskiest glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip

Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A polar scientist takes us on a tour under the ice to explain the forces at work.

Ted Scambos, Senior Research Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 7, 2022 ~12 min

How fast can we stop Earth from warming?

If fossil fuel burning stopped, emerging research suggests air temperatures could level off sooner than expected. But that doesn’t mean the damage stops.

Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~7 min

How cables in glaciers could help forecast future sea level rise

New research shows how fibre-optic cables can monitor the hidden structure of glaciers, teaching us about past and future ice flow.

Adam Booth, Associate Professor in Applied Geophysics, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds • conversation
May 14, 2021 ~7 min

Antarctic ice melt could cause ‘catastrophic’ sea level rise

If Paris Agreement targets are not met, melting Antarctic ice shelves could cause catastrophic global sea level rise in the second half of the century.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
May 6, 2021 ~6 min

Almost all the world’s glaciers are shrinking—and fast

Almost all the world's glaciers, about 220,000 in total, are are rapidly becoming thinner and losing mass, a new study shows.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
April 29, 2021 ~7 min


Lakes on Greenland Ice Sheet can drain huge amounts of water, even in winter

Using satellite data to ‘see in the dark’, researchers have shown for the first time that lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet drain during winter, a finding with

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 1, 2021 ~6 min

Northeast ‘ghost forests’ multiply as waters rise

"Ghost forests" filled with dead trees are becoming a growing phenomenon in parts of the Northeast. New research offers two explanations.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
March 17, 2021 ~5 min

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