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A review of data showed that the Birch Glacier was a rarity in that it has been advancing while most glaciers have been ...
A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...
Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...
Drip, drip. Trickle, trickle. That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists ...
In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is exacerbated by climate change. When most Americans think about climate change, ...
Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...
Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.
Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...
A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...
Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...
Climate risk to U.S. infrastructure is rising, and government cuts to climate science are only accelerating that risk.
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...