Sea ice is melting fast, worsening the climate crisis, but a bold attempt to rethicken it is showing early signs of success ‘This would have been a wild dream a year ago,” says Andrea Ceccolini, standing on Arctic sea ice just a...
Read MoreScientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planetGlobal sea ice fell to a record low in February, scientists have said, a symptom of an atmosphere fouled by planet-heating...
Read MoreDecades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023Melting glaciers have caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century alone, a decades-long study has revealed.The...
Read MorePrecipitation was so unexpected, scientists had no gauges to measure it, and is stark sign of climate crisisRain has fallen on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record. Temperatures are normally...
Read MoreA shutdown of the Atlantic currents would have devastating global impacts and cannot be allowed to happen, researchers sayClimate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the...
Read MoreMore than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwideAn increasing number of people are being threatened by flooding caused by glacial lakes bursting, scientists have warned.As the planet...
Read MoreExclusive: loss is equivalent to more than 13,200 cubic kilometres of water or 10m Wembley StadiumsA tenth of the world’s mountain glacier ice will have melted by the middle of this century even if humanity meets the goals...
Read MoreAmid fears of huge damage to marine ecosystems from the giant A68a berg, British researchers are setting sail to assess its impactPolar researchers will this week embark on a remarkable expedition aimed at providing crucial...
Read MoreClimate-driven loss is likely to be the worst for centuries, and is pushing up sea levels The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data...
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