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Save the world's glaciers to save the planet: UN
Geneva (AFP) Jan 21, 2025 Saving the world's shrinking glaciers is a "survival strategy" for the planet, the UN said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. United Nations agencies launched an appeal to scale up efforts to rescue the world's 275,000 glaciers, which are rapidly melting away as the planet warms. The UN's educational, scientific and cultural agency UNESCO, and its World Meteorological Organization (WMO) weather, climate and water agency, ... read more |
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Historic drilling campaign reaches more than 1.2-million-year-old iceParis, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 At the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica, an international research team from twelve scientific institutions across ten European nations has reached a pivotal milestone in climate science. Und ... more 
2024 was hottest year on record for Norway's ArcticOslo (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 The Norwegian Meteorological Institute said Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded for mostly Arctic northern Norway. ... more 
Antarctic sea ice rebounds from record lows: US scientistsParis (AFP) Jan 8, 2025 Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth's frozen continent could be undergoing a permanent change. ... more 
Decline in Arctic ice pressure ridges revealed by long-term studyParis, France (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 The Arctic's iconic pressure ridges, formed when ice floes collide and stack, are diminishing in both frequency and size, a recent study from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) reveals. These ridges ... more |
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Buried landforms unveil ancient glacial history beneath the North SeaLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 An international team of scientists, including a glaciologist from Newcastle University, has uncovered remarkably preserved glacial landforms buried nearly 1 km beneath the North Sea. The discovery ... more 
One of the largest glacial floods ever documented observed in GreenlandBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 16, 2024 For the first time, researchers have closely observed the catastrophic release of meltwater from a massive glacial lake in East Greenland, where 3,000 billion liters of water cascaded into the Score ... more 
Antarctic ice melting accelerates under planetary orbital changesLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 A new study led by researchers from the University of Leicester and the University of Southampton has unveiled evidence of sudden melting events in Antarctica's ice sheet from over 20 million years ... more
Seals use icebergs as essential platforms in glacier ecosystemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 Harbor seals in icy regions rely on icebergs from glaciers as safe platforms for birthing, raising pups, and molting. A new study reveals how climate-driven changes to glaciers impact these critical ... more 
Sink to source: Arctic tundra emitting more carbon than it absorbsWashington (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon dioxide emissions, a US agency said Tuesday. ... more |
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The Bering Bog Bridge
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 During the last Ice Age, the land masses that make up modern-day Siberia and Alaska were connected by a broad swath of land, now submerged in the ocean. For decades, scientists have assumed that 36,000 to 11,000 years ago, the Bering Land Bridge resembled Ice Age Alaska and Siberia - an arid steppe grassland. But new research based on a first-of-its kind field effort suggests the Bering Land Bridge was more likely a boggy ecosystem traversed by meandering rivers. "We were looking for several large ... read more 
Antarctic sea ice can be explained and forecast months out by patterns in windsSeattle WA (SPX) Dec 09, 2024 Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or even ... more |
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Will the Ross Ice Shelf meltLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2024 An international team of scientists, including researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York, has launched a critical mission to uncover geological records from the West Antar ... more
Canada bolstering Arctic presence in face of Russia threatOttawa (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 Canada will boost its military and diplomatic presence in the Arctic to counter what it calls threats from Russia and others seeking a foothold in the far north, as part of a new doctrine unveiled Friday. ... more
Scientists launch first in-depth study of Antarctic underwater avalanchesLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 Scientists are set to explore Antarctica's underwater avalanches, also known as turbidity currents, in an international effort to understand their role in Earth's climate regulation. The Antarctic C ... more 
Recent global temperature surge amplified by record-low planetary albedoBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and record-breaking marine heatwaves defined 2023 as a year of extraordinary climate shifts. The global average temperature soared to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius ... more
Under-ice species face threat as Arctic ice meltsLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 Specialized lifeforms that thrive beneath Arctic sea ice face increasing risk as the ice continues to retreat, according to new research conducted by an international team of scientists. The s ... more |
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