Polar Ice Sheets Have Lost 11 Trillion Tons of Ice—and ‘Speeding’ Glaciers Are Driving the Loss
As greenhouse gas emissions push Earth’s temperature to new heights, polar ice sheets are rapidly melting away. Numerous…
Sea level rise threatens more than a quarter of a million properties as bill surges to $855b
Climate change means Australia’s love of the coast is facing a multi-billion-dollar reckoning, research suggests, as rising seas…
Sudden sea level rise — tied to El Niño — is about to hit the California coast
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Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland’s glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the…
Across America’s three coasts, 84% of wetlands are slowly submerging; only 16% are rising fast enough to keep pace with the sea
As sea levels continue to rise at an alarming rate, coastal wetlands are facing unprecedented inundation. A staggering…
Warm ocean water is melting a giant Antarctic glacier from below. Scientists want to stop it with an 80km underwater curtain |
Scientists are checking if an underwater curtain is what will keep an Antarctic glacier from slowly melting due…
Doomsday Glacier: Scientists Uncover Alarming New Findings
The Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier, is melting at an accelerating rate, raising concerns about…
Antarctica is missing 2 million sq km of sea ice, scientists say the impact may reach far beyond the frozen continent
Antarctica may feel far removed from everyday life, but new research suggests the icy continent could have a…
World will cross 1.5°C warming limit by 2030 if emissions continue at current rate – report
The world is edging dangerously close to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming threshold, with human-induced warming reaching 1.37°C…
Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Faster Than In 3.6 Million Years
Topline Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing as climate change melts glaciers and polar ice sheets, redistributing water across…
Scientists say they’ve finally solved the sea level rise mystery as oceans climb nearly twice as fast
Scientists say they have finally explained a long-running sea-level rise mystery, tracing nearly all of the ocean’s rise…
The majority of Tuvalu has applied to relocate to Australia to escape climate change. What happens now?
A Pacific island nation on the front line of the climate change threat is building land to try…