Glaciers around the world are melting on a scale without precedent in recorded history, writes Alex Kirby. Measurements of over 5,000 glaciers show that they have been retreating so fast so far this century that even if climate is stablised, the ice losses will continue for years to come.
… World's glaciers melting at 'unprecedented' rate Alex … Science Water ufem_stock-glacier-cut.jpg Glaciers around the world are melting on a … writes Alex Kirby. Measurements of over 5,000 glaciers show that they have been retreating …
Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. This could have serious consequences for half a billion people who depend on the ‘eternal snows’ to water their crops and for drinking. But as Jonathan Mitchell reports from Nepal, not everyone appears concerned
… Himalayan glaciers are 'not just melting, they are … Himalayas Water jmg00002.jpg Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. … is certain. 'The debris-covered areas of the glaciers [in the Mount Everest region] are …
University of Oregon oceanographer Dave Sutherland studied the subsurface melting of the LeConte Glacier.
… subsurface melting of the LeConte Glacier. Glaciers could be melting underwater at a … beneath. But where there are vertical-face glaciers that end at the ocean, those … able to access the ice in this way. Tidewater glaciers are always calving and moving very …
The total collapse of glaciers in West Antarctica is 'inevitable', writes Tim Radford, as the southern hemisphere gets warmer and glaciers are undermined by seawater. The news has emerged from a new analysis of satellite data.
… West Antarctic glaciers 'past the point of no return' Tim … The total collapse of glaciers in West Antarctica is 'inevitable', … as the southern hemisphere gets warmer and glaciers are undermined by seawater. The news …
A dramatic shift has taken place in the glaciers of the southern Antarctic peninsula, writes Bert Wouters. Six years ago these previously stable bodies suddenly stated shedding 60 cubic kilometres of ice per year into the ocean. A stark warning of further surprises to come?
… Once-stable Antarctic glaciers have suddenly started melting Bert … A dramatic shift has taken place in the glaciers of the southern Antarctic peninsula, … of further surprises to come? Antarctica's glaciers have been making headlines during the …
Greenland's glaciers are more vulnerable to global warming than had previously been feared, reports Tim Radford, as ice bodies are undercut by seawater. The threat of rapidly rising sea levels just went up yet another notch.
… Greenland's glaciers 'more vulnerable' to rapid melting … Arctic greenland_ice-sheet.jpg Greenland's glaciers are more vulnerable to global warming … geophysical reasons why West Antarctica's glaciers are increasingly vulnerable to …
As Arctic Peoples at COP21 in Paris appeal for unity to halt global warming, writes Tim Radford, scientists report that Greenland's glaciers are now melting at a speed not seen since the last Ice Age almost 10,000 years ago.
… Greenland glaciers melt rate hits 9,500 year record Tim … Radford, scientists report that Greenland's glaciers are now melting at a speed not seen … the last Ice Age almost 10,000 years ago. The glaciers of Greenland are retreating two to …
Ice loss from glaciers is important because it contributes to rising sea levels.
… Emily Beament | 20th June 2019 News Himalayas Glaciers Climate Breakdown Science & Systems 21273795-1.jpg Ice loss from glaciers is important because it contributes … sea levels. The rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting has doubled in recent …
Travel blogger Robert Trevelyan is by turns awe-inspired and intimidating by the melting ice giant that is New Zealand's Tasman Glacier. Here's his first-person account of a recent visit
… glacier breaks off into the lake, and with glaciers such as the Tasman these happen about …
Gaia Vince's remarkable book is far more than a litany of the problems of global warming and mass extinction, writes Robert Hunziker. It's also an inspiring account of how people can respond to such crises in wonderful, imaginative, creative ways, achieving seemingly impossible tasks from seeding glaciers in the Himalayas, to holding back the desert with dew.
… seemingly impossible tasks from seeding glaciers in the Himalayas, to holding back the … remarkable, but heart-rending story. Melting glaciers - and rebuilding them Gaia's … global warming's melting away of nature's glaciers, which formerly provided his …
The Tibetan Plateau, or 'third pole', is the forgotten part of the climate crisis conversation.
… | 19th July 2019 News Tibet Climate Emergency Glaciers Black Soot cu30asgwsaidzfj.jpg The … That supply of water starts with dripping glaciers in Tibet. Which are melting twice as … desert taking over grasslands. Melting glaciers Why does this matter? In the short …
Scientists know that if Antarctica's ice sheets and glaciers collapse, sea levels could rise 5 metres. But the idea that it will take 200 years to happen is based on a linear model, writes Dady Cherry. In fact, the process is exponential - and could take place 'within decades'.
… know that if Antarctica's ice sheets and glaciers collapse, sea levels could rise 5 … and it is impossible to imagine. When glaciers no longer rest on bedrock, they are … to map the edges of a series of glaciers that drain into a large bay called …
As temperatures rise in the Southern Ocean, warmer currents are eroding the Antarctic ice sheet from below, writes Tim Radford - causing the melting rate to treble in two decades to 83 billion tonnes a year.
… invisible agency - and the rate of melting of glaciers has trebled in the last two decades. … that the melting of the West Antarctic glaciers has accelerated threefold in the last … warmer waters has accelerated the melting of glaciers in West Antarctica, and there is no …
Professor Jason Box, glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, tells NICK BREEZE how the largest ice shelf in Greenland has just lost an area of ice shelf the size of Manhattan Island. Its recent breaking away was a 'spectacular' event - but also a highly abnormal one that raises deep concerns about the future of the Arctic and prospective global sea level rise.
… kilometers thick in parts, with more than 200 glaciers over 1 kilometer across, and 45 glaciers over 5 kilometers across. With such a … ocean that de-stabilises the largest outlet glaciers right at their grounding line. That …
Constructing artificial underwater walls could help to limit sea-level rise according to models
… level rise, because of inertia in the oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the whole climate … their study on one of the most challenging glaciers in the world, the researchers could … because the aim would be to preserve the glaciers as close to their current form as …
With the release of the Climate Change film Chasing Ice on DVD, Susan Clark is surprised to find most of what she was looking for – the science and heart-breaking footage of majestic glaciers seemingly just slipping away – not in the main feature but in the hour-long DVD extras
… and heart-breaking footage of majestic glaciers seemingly just slipping away – not in … up enough to carry on trekking to remote glaciers, thus further damaging that joint. In … I was more concerned about the melting glaciers than those risking life and limb to …
A new study has found that the NE section of the Greenland ice sheet - thought to be stable due to the extreme cold - has been losing ice since 2006 with increasing speed. And as Shfaqat Abbas Khan reports, that has huge implications for global sea level rise.
… to measure the thinning of Greenland’s glaciers. Together, they show that the … Shfaqat A. Khan et al. Unlike other large glaciers in Greenland, the Northeast ice sheet …
Earth-observing Nasa satellite bounces laser pulses off the ice surface to help measure changes in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
… swimming pools. In Greenland, coastal glaciers have thinned, with warmer summer … melting ice from the surface of the glaciers and ice sheets, and in some places … sea water eroding the ice at the front of the glaciers. In Antarctica, the ice sheet is …
The North Sea's 'Dogger Bank' was once dry land, inhabited by people and herds of Pleistocene megafauna, writes Vince Gaffney. The long-lost world of Doggerland shows how melting glaciers drowned land at the end of the last ice age. And surely not for the last time ...
… Melting glaciers have drowned lands before, and will … world of Doggerland shows how melting glaciers drowned land at the end of the last …
Last election climate change was all the rage, writes David Williamson. But in the current campaign it's hardly getting a look in in spite of melting icecaps, collapsing glaciers, a wave of climate refugees fleeing Africa and serious weather events at home. Now it's up to us to force it onto the election agenda!
… in in spite of melting icecaps, collapsing glaciers, a wave of climate refugees fleeing …
Glacial melt due to climate breakdown is already having rapid impacts on vulnerable communities.
… Asian subcontinent depend upon Himalayan glaciers for drinking water, agriculture and energy. Due to climate change, these glaciers are melting twice as fast as they … to 1.5°C, at least one third of the Himalayan glaciers would melt by the end of this …
'The problems of the next 20 to 30 years are major problems that are going to cause great social unrest.'
Attenborough warns of climate social unrest Emily Beament | 10th July 2019 News Sir David Attenborough Climate Breakdown Thought Leaders 21476452-1.jpg 'The problems of the next 20 to 30 years are …
The mountaineers who come to conquer Everest mistake their achievement – in the quest to overcome nature’s ultimate natural obstacle, humans have already won
… 40 years, become a desert of rocks. Like glaciers the world over, Rongbuk itself is … whose sources are found among the shrinking glaciers of the Himalayas. The Tibetan plateau … (IPCC) issued a stark warning in 2007: ‘Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster …
Response measures have forced coastal communities in South Asia to choose between a super cyclonic storm or shelters with no physical distancing.
… damages in vulnerable neighborhoods. Glaciers Many communities in northern Pakistan … as the risk of flash flooding from melting glaciers increases in the summers. Northern Pakistan is home to over 7000 glaciers, the highest number in a region …