Greenland glacier named after former CIRES director
The Greenland Place Name Committee has named a glacier ‘Sermeq Konrad Steffen’ after the late…
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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…
Exposure to wildfire smoke linked to faster glacier melt
A study by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Saskatoon, Canada, has found that…
British Antarctic Survey model ranks biggest threats to Larsen C ice shelf
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released a study that ranks the factors responsible for the…
Glaciers to disappear from Washington’s Olympic Peninsula by 2070
The glaciers on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State will have largely disappeared by 2070,…
Understanding disappearance of past glaciers could provide insight into future developments, says NIWA
An international team of climate scientists believe that understanding the reasons behind the disappearance of…
Research uses ocean modeling to demonstrate link between GHGs and rising sea levels
Researchers have used advanced ocean modeling techniques to reveal how greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute…