Guest post: Is ‘glacier carbon’ good or bad for the climate?
Dr Arwyn Edwards is a senior lecturer in biology from the University of Aberystwyth and Dr Joe Cook is a postdoctoral researcher in glaciology from... Read More
Scientists find ‘natural pulses’ in recent melting of West Antarctic ice sheet
Natural ocean variability is heightening the rate of retreat of the West Antarctic ice sheet, a new study finds. ... Read More
Video: Why studying Thwaites glacier is vital for forecasting sea level rise
The UK and US have jointly launched a five-year research programme this week to study one of the world’s largest – and, potentially, most... Read More
Guest post: Using satellites to track the retreat of Antarctica’s glaciers
Dr Hannes Konrad was formerly a research fellow in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and now works at the Alfred Wegener... Read More
Global warming to date could ‘obliterate’ a third of glacier ice
The warming the world has already experienced could be enough to melt more than a third of the world’s glaciers outside Antarctica and Greenland –... Read More
Limiting global warming to 1.5C could save two-thirds of Asia’s glacier ice
Keeping global temperature rise to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels could ensure that two-thirds of the ice stored in Asia's... Read More
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
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