Critical Antarctic ice shelf more vulnerable to collapse than previously thought, warns BAS
Pine Island Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, which holds back enough ice to raise sea…
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Warming in the Arctic region four times faster than the global average, finds study
A study by researchers at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has found that it is…
University of Washington Photonic Sensing Facility will use fiber-optic cables for glaciology and more
A pilot project by the University of Washington (UW) in Washington is exploring the use…
NASA studies find previously unknown loss of Antarctic ice
New research from NASA on Antarctica – including the first map of iceberg calving –…
Arctic flights to shed light on sea ice and storms link
The Natural Environment Research Council is funding a team of UK scientists to fly two…
Greenland glacier named after former CIRES director
The Greenland Place Name Committee has named a glacier ‘Sermeq Konrad Steffen’ after the late…
Melting of Greenland’s peripheral glaciers increases by 50% since turn of century
Greenland’s small glaciers are melting more rapidly as the Arctic warms, with a 50% increase…
NOAA’s JPSS-2 polar satellite completes thermal vacuum testing
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite has…
Water and Climate Coalition action plan looks to increase glacier protection
Leaders from the Water and Climate Coalition have endorsed an action plan to achieve a…
Ocean as important as atmosphere in causing Subpolar North Atlantic temperature changes, finds NOC study
A study by scientists at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed for the…