El Niño extreme flooding could reach all-time high this Christmas
With homes nearly toppling into the ocean and back-to-back floods and hurricanes amplifying our sense of dread, keeping…
Britain-sized Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than feared
The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic…
Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled
One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers is emerging as a potentially greater driver of future sea-level rise than…
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…
Is Antarctica’s ice loss unavoidable and a crucial warning? Why extra snowfall can’t save the ice sheet and what it means for coastal areas
Is Antarctica’s ice loss a crucial warning? Why extra snowfall can’t save the ice sheet and what it…
Antarctic, Greenland Sheets Have Melted Enough Since the ’70s to Cover US in 5 Feet of Ice
Following fresh warnings from scientists about governments not doing nearly enough to cut fossil fuel pollution and what…
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…
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…