An Unmapped Region of Antarctica Could Be Harboring a Major Threat
A vast region of East Antarctica contains enough ice to cause a dramatic rise in global sea levels…
‘Catastrophic’: Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five years
“There will be probably no ice in 10 or maybe 15 years.” He carefully dismantled the 4m-long aluminium…
Geologists Are Hunting for Camouflaged ‘Rock Glaciers’ Vital to Global Freshwater Supplies
The average person’s idea of how climate change might someday plunge the world into a series of post-apocalyptic,…
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…
Rescue teams continue search for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after floods
Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and…
Ancient Life Discovered in Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ May Finally Reveal Its Origins
At the edge of the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, crimson water pours into…
Guest post: Climate change has caused one-fifth of Pine Island glacier retreat
The Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-changing glaciers in the world. Alongside its…
Seismic warning — Seas and storms may raise quake risks, study warns
That extra water does more than reshape coastlines. Researchers say higher sea levels increase hydrostatic pressure beneath the…
Why is Antarctica’s mass increasing?
Applications 23/04/2026 1940 views 32 likes The Antarctic Ice Sheet has been growing since 2020 – and scientists…
‘Beautiful but precarious’: Photographer captures Earth’s fragile systems hanging by a thread
From the blue architecture of Icelandic ice caves to the flamingo-pink shores of Kenya’s Lake Magadi, photographer Jon…
How a Melting Glacier in Antarctica Could Affect Tens of Millions Around the Globe
Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which…
‘Dramatic development’: Austria warns all but 2 of its 96 glaciers have retreated over last 2 years
Published on 13/03/2026 – 15:25 GMT+1 All but two of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated over the last…