Greenland’s glaciers have retreated so far that they can no longer support the ice sheet that feeds them. The ice sheet system has reached a new normal of consistent annual ice loss.
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Our research found these remote Arctic islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change.
Ice cores can preserve evidence of ‘black swan’ events like pandemics and droughts, but the glaciers from which they are collected are disappearing.
For the first time, scientists have been able to quantify how much climate change contributed to glacial melt, using more than 40 years of data from New Zealand’s retreating glaciers.
How speculation came to be presented as scientific fact and inspired a decidedly non-glacial race to discover the future of Himalayan glaciers.
Auckland’s extreme drought and the rapid retreat of glaciers in the Southern Alps both highlight how important long-term observations are for water management policy and planning.
These findings are in stark contrast with the original worldview that suggested the entire globe was at a maximum glaciated state around 20 000 years ago.
Glacier mice aren’t rodents – they’re mysterious balls of moss that manage to live in one of the world’s harshest environments.
Our study explores the factors which cause glacial erosion.
Meltwater lakes forming at the head of glaciers are causing them to shrink faster, which will affect the flow of big rivers that supply millions of people downstream in Asia.
Global heating could reduce mountain glacier snow and ice by up to 80% by 2100, threatening major drinking water supplies.
Satellite research confirms its enormous ice sheet is melting faster than most scientists predicted.
‘Black carbon’ from rainforest fires is settling on glaciers and making them melt faster, according to new research.
Peruvian glaciers have shrunk by 25% since 1987, causing water shortages in rural villages. But ancient technology could help manage this precious resource.
Sea levels could rise by two metres by 2100, sparking a refugee crisis unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Satellites hundreds of miles overheard are helping scientists to predict drought, track floods and see how climate change is changing access to water resources.
A new report predicts that one-third of the ice in the Himalayas will melt, even if we contain global warming to 1.5C. So what does that mean for the flood-prone valleys below?
A climate scientist has been visiting the same glacier in Peru for years and explains the complex effects its rapid melting is having.
Mean annual air temperature on Everest is –13°C at 7,000 metres elevation, and yet the ice in its highest glacier is only –3.3°C.
Bombarding people with scientific information has little effect. Something else is needed to jolt us out of our current climate trajectory.
Top contributors
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Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Southern Hemisphere Climates and Environments, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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Professor of Geography, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Geography and the Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
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Research Fellow, Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Reader, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Glaciology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Ocean and Ice Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
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Climate Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
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Professor of Glaciology and Earth Observation, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Change, University of Dundee
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Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Researcher, Aberystwyth University
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Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Glaciologist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
