Glaciers

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Gorner glacier in the European Alps.

In Photos: The Vanishing Glaciers of Europe's Alps

By Megan Gannon published

Half of the ice stored in the Alps will be gone by 2050. Here's a look at what's vanishing.

Climate Change
New climate models have shown that if little is done to curb carbon emissions and slow global warming, about 95 percent of the ice volume of the glaciers in the European Alps will be lost by the end of the century.

Glaciers in European Alps Could Disappear by 2100

By Megan Gannon published

Even if humans manage to prevent further global warming, the glaciers will still lose half their volume by 2050.

Climate Change
At the beginning of the Quaternary period, glaciers crept down from Greenland to cover much of North America and northern Europe.

Humans Have Caused the Most Dramatic Climate Change in 3 Million Years

By Stephanie Pappas published

The Quaternary period has seen a lot of temperature changes, but none as quick as man-made climate change.

Climate Change
Jakobshavn Glacier

Fastest-Thinning Greenland Glacier Threw NASA Scientists for a Loop. It's Actually Growing.

By Laura Geggel published

Instead of shrinking, this giant glacier is growing, NASA scientists found.

Climate Change
Mount Everest

Melting Mount Everest Ice Is Exposing a Grisly Sight: Scores of Dead Bodies

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Melting glaciers are revealing dozens of dead bodies on the world's tallest mountain

Geology
Skogafoss is a waterfall in Iceland.

Waterfalls Can Spring from Rivers Spontaneously

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

The breathtaking sound and sight of waters that cascade off of steep cliffs, may be self-made productions.

Rivers & Oceans
frost flowers, polar research, arctic sea ice

Scientists Pin Down Cause of Mysterious 'Icequakes' Shaking Antarctica

By Stephanie Pappas published

Slushy spots in Antarctica quiver with minuscule tremors as the temperature fluctuates.

Antarctica
A glacier from the Larsen B ice shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula, which completely collapsed in 2002.

Lakes of Melted Snow Are Literally Bending Antarctica's Ice Shelves in Half

By Brandon Specktor published

These meltwater lakes are tearing Antarctica's ice shelves apart from the inside.

Climate Change
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Ominous Cracks Form in the Northern Hemisphere's Longest Floating Glacier

By Mindy Weisberger published

Is Greenland's Petermann Glacier due for another big break?

Planet Earth
Thwaites Glacier

Giant Void Hidden Under Antarctica’s Ice Threatens Vast Glacier

By Laura Geggel published

There's a giant void hiding under the Antarctic ice, and it's growing larger and more menacing by the day, a new study using satellite data finds.

Antarctica
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