The 1981 TV documentary that warned about global warming
On the evening of Tuesday, 8 December, 1981, the UK's only commercial TV channel, ITV, broadcast an hour-long documentary called "Warming Warning". ... Read More
‘Cluster of cold years’ behind New Zealand’s surprising glacier growth
Across the world, scientists have recorded the retreat of hundreds of glaciers, providing categorical evidence that the Earth’s climate is warming. ... Read More
Shrinking glaciers are ‘categorical evidence’ of climate change, study says
It is virtually certain that the retreat of many glaciers around the world has been caused by climate change, a new study suggests. ... Read More
Warmer oceans driving Antarctic Peninsula glacier melt
The Antarctic Peninsula is a long, relatively narrow limb extending 800 miles out from West Antarctica, and is home to hundreds of glaciers. ... Read More
Archive photos reveal Greenland’s contribution to sea level rise
Using a “treasure trove” of aerial photos of Greenland, a new study claims to solve a long-standing gap in scientific evidence - how much ice has... Read More
Animation: Satellite images of ‘surging’ glaciers in Asia
A new study has created a series of animations that capture 'surging' glaciers in the Karakoram mountain range in Asia over 25 years, from 1990 to... Read More
Melting Antarctic ice sheets could add up to 30cm to sea levels by 2100
When projecting how sea levels could rise over the coming centuries, one of the most difficult factors for scientists to gauge is how much of the... Read More
Q&A: Is Antarctica gaining or losing ice?
A new study from scientists at NASA has whipped up a storm in the media by claiming that gains in East Antarctica ice have been outweighing losses in... Read More
Video: Glacier collapse would trigger eventual loss of West Antarctic Ice Sheet
If the collapse of several major glaciers on West Antarctica has started - as research suggests - the whole western side of the ice sheet could... Read More
Irreversible loss of world's ice cover should spur leaders into action, say scientists
We need only look to the world's ice cover to see the urgency with which emissions need to come down, scientists told delegates at this week's climate... Read More
99% of Mount Everest glaciers could be gone by 2100
A region of the Himalayan mountain range, home to the iconic peak of Mount Everest, could be almost completely free of glaciers by the end of the... Read More
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