Eight Swedish glaciers melted away: ‘It’s a very clear sign’
High-resolution satellite images show that eight glaciers in Sweden have melted away between 2023 and late summer 2024. The glaciers
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Blog: Ilulissat’s icebergs are shrinking
The world-famous icebergs of Ilulissat, Greenland seem large. Towering up to 60 meters above the water, many are. But they
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Arctic glaciers remain at risk even if int’l community reaches climate targets: study
Many glaciers around the world, including in parts of the Arctic, will remain at risk even if the international community
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Glacial retreat exposes over 1,500 miles of new Arctic coastline, study finds
There’s been a significant shift in Arctic coastlines over the last two decades, with new research revealing that melting glaciers
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Blog: First UN World Day for Glaciers – A call to climate action in desperate times
Accelerating ice melt from glaciers worldwide means an increased loss of freshwater resources, ever-faster sea level rise and life-threatening floods
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Climate shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 6.5 trillion tonnes lost since 2000
By Seth Borenstein Scientists who weren’t involved in the study say findings are sobering, accurate and not surprising Climate change
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Ice-Blog: Chilling prospects for a warming Arctic in 2025
Trump leaves Paris (Agreement) and sets his sights on Greenland – China and Russia flex muscles in the Arctic, as
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NASA funding Swedish glacier research to understand climate change on Mars
Melting glaciers in arctic Sweden can help scientists understand the past climate of Mars and how its climate has changed
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Four out of five Swedish glaciers may disappear by 2100
By Hannah Thule Due to climate change Earth’s glaciers are melting at record speed. A researcher at Tarfala Research Station
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Another year of shrinking glaciers predicted in Sweden’s Far North
Scientists stationed near Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain range, are expecting glaciers in the area to continue shrinking this year. Tarfala
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with climate change
The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic
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Salmon competing with industry as glaciers melt says study — exposing new habitat
The melt creates potential salmon habitat while attracting attention from mining companies. A new paper published in Science says that
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Study warns of increasing extreme events in Antarctica
The frequency and intensity of extreme events like ice loss and ocean heatwaves in Antarctica are expected to become more
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Antarctic changes could become tipping points with global implications, says report
Global warming is inciting dramatic changes in Antarctica, with potential for “irreversible and self-sustaining changes” to the continent’s ice sheet,
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Antarctic sea ice lowest on record, continued glacier mass loss in Arctic: WMO report
The lowest Antarctic sea ice extent on record and glacier mass loss in parts of the Arctic are just two examples
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