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Record nine metres of melt observed on Alberta’s Athabasca Glacier
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 8 months agoResearchers say the 12-month vertical melt-rate observed on the Athabasca Glacier earlier this month...
‘Devastating’ Alpine glacier melt during heatwave reveals human bones and aircraft wreckage
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe record-breaking heatwave still impacting parts of Europe is leading to “extreme” ice loss in the...
As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new scientific study published Thursday suggests the world should start preparing to protect the...
Glaciers provide drinking water to billions, and 2/3 of them will be gone by 2100, study finds
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoThe world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds...
Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoAs glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the...
AP PHOTOS: To save Alpine glaciers, Swiss team monitors the escalating melt
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt is a sight in decline across Switzerland: glaciers sprawled across the Alps, formed over...
Photos show the wreckage of a 1968 plane crash unearthed by melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSwitzerland's melting glaciers revealed the remains of a 1968 plane crash on August 4.Rebecca...
New study investigates threat of 'watermelon snow' to mountain glaciers
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Rocky Mountains conjure up images of grey rugged peaks capped with white. But within the upper...
Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGlacial lakes are common in the Himalayas, as this satellite view shows. Some are dammed by...
Lakes Growing Globally as Reservoirs Expand and Ice Melts
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOver the last four decades, the area covered by lakes globally has grown by close to 18,000 square...