We Are Entering a World Without Ice
Jul 9, 2019 Author Dahr Jamail reflects on Alaska's unprecedented heat wave and a climate crisis that will only grow more dire in the coming decades.
Rising Rocks in West Antarctica May Slow Ice Melt
Aug 22, 2018 In a dramatic demonstration of geology’s in-depth response to surface change, the submerged bedrock of that part of the southern continent is springing up at a rate of nearly 2 inches a year.
Seaweed Discovery Challenges Theory on Antarctica
Jul 19, 2018 For more than a century, scientists believed that only humans could cross the hostile oceans to reach the frozen continent, but some strands of alien kelp tell another story.
Antarctica’s Melting Is Speeding Up
Jun 14, 2018 Scientists complete the most detailed mass observation of the southern continent so far, and deliver ominous findings.
Sticking to Climate Accord Could Save $20 Trillion
May 28, 2018 Holding further warming to just half a degree Celsius would avoid the calamitous global economic damage that higher temperatures would bring, researchers say.
Polar Ice Is Melting Fast in Both Hemispheres
Apr 10, 2018 Two new British studies deliver ominous evidence of the long-term consequences of climate change due to the profligate use of fossil fuels.
King Penguins Face a Shrinking Realm
Mar 5, 2018 When an ecosystem changes, those creatures most precisely adapted become the most vulnerable—and that is bad news for king penguins.
Slight Warming May Have Huge Effect in Antarctic
Sep 12, 2017 A rise of 2 degrees Celsius could change the pattern of seafloor diversity in unpredictable ways, experiment suggests.
Giant Iceberg Is Poised to Break Off Antarctica, Scientists Say
Jan 7, 2017 A chunk the size of Delaware is expected to produce an event that could cause the collapse of the continent's northern ice shelf.
New Threat From Antarctic Glacier Could Raise Sea Levels by Nearly 10 Feet
May 21, 2016 A huge glacier in the frozen wastes of East Antarctica, a region previously thought stable, could melt much faster than expected, scientists say.
