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Going, going, gone

Shocking report finds more than a dozen famous sites will lose their glaciers by 2050

Mount Kilimanjaro, Yosemite, the Dolomites, and more.

ByJennifer Walter
alien life

Glacier study suggests life can survive without this basic everyday necessity

The hunt for extraterrestrial life is getting interesting.

ByPassant Rabie
Climate Crisis

At least half the world’s glaciers could melt — and that’s under the best-case scenario

The prognosis isn't good, but we can still take action to avert catastrophe.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Science

Mars once had glaciers — but low gravity made them weirder than anything we know

The key word here is moves, resulting from meltwater gathering below the ice sheet and lubricating its passage downwards across the landscape.

ByMatt Williams and Universe Today
Under the Ice

Glacier study finds Earth has less water than we thought

The findings could affect water supply for millions of people.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Melt and Rise

As major glaciers melt, Covid-19 sidelines climate strategy talks

Two major glaciers are breaking up. That's bad news.

ByNina Pullano
Icy Pete

Viral video researcher reveals the fascinating glacier science behind it

The acoustics are cool, but the scientific discoveries that come from ice cores could be planet-saving.

ByNina Pullano
Mind the gap

Time-lapse video captures massive iceberg breaking off glacier in Antarctica

The video provides a startling visualization of the effects of rising sea temperatures — and what happens when an iceberg shatters.

ByPassant Rabie
Science

Melting glaciers may have a surprising upside -- but there's a catch

Increased hydropower may be a silver lining to otherwise devastating ice loss. Or, it could make the problem worse.

ByNina Pullano
Science

Glacier photos taken 100 years apart highlight the severity of global warming

The peak’s name literally means “white mountain,” but that’s changing.

ByNina Pullano
Science

Melting Glaciers Are Having an Unexpectedly Positive Effect on Carbon Dioxide

But don't expect it to be a climate change savior.

ByPeter Hess
Science

Melting Continental Glaciers Remain a World-Flooding Enigma

"The potential contributions of ice sheets remain the largest source of uncertainty."

ByPeter Hess
Science

Greenland's Melting Glaciers Are Problematically Worth Billions of Dollars

It's time to decide whether it's okay to profit off of climate change.

ByYasmin Tayag
Science

Thwaites Glacier: NASA Finds a Giant, Dangerous Cavity Under the Ice

It's almost 1,000 feet tall and two-thirds the size of Manhattan.

BySarah Sloat
Science

The Great Unconformity of Earth's Geology May Have Been Crushed by Glaciers

The Great Unconformity isn't just a nickname for your teenage years.

ByPeter Hess
Science

Glaciers Supporting Local Communities in South America Are Melting Fast

Dry seasons can last as long as six months.

ByMathias Vuille
Science

NASA Video Shows Unprecedented View of Antarctica's Fastest-Melting Glacier

A 115-square mile glacier has broke off from Antarctica's fastest-melting glacier.

ByEmma Betuel
Science

NASA Discovered Why Greenland’s Glaciers Are Melting at Different Speeds

One of the oldest glacier mysteries is solved.

ByMary von Aue
Science

Rapidly Melting Patagonian Glaciers Are Alarming for This Reason

Billions of tons of water are pouring into oceans.

ByDanny Paez
Science

This Blue Glacier Is So Freaking Blue for Disappointingly Normal Reasons

Still pretty spectacular, though.

ByPeter Hess
Science

New NASA Maps Have Very Bad News For Greenland

The notoriously large ice island won't be large for long. 

ByYasmin Tayag
Science

Antarctica's 'Sleeping Giant' Glacier Is Melting From the Bottom Up

"It might just take the wind blowing to wake it up."

ByPeter Hess
Science

Why It Matters That Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Is Falling Apart

'Irreversible retreat has already begun.'

ByYasmin Tayag
Science

When It Comes to Antarctica's Ice, You're Worrying About the Wrong Thing

It's not that the ice breaks off, it's that it continues to break up.

ByThe Conversation
Science

Pluto’s Nitrogen Ice Glaciers Have Floating Hills Made of Ice

The dwarf planet continues to be full of surprises.

ByNeel V. Patel