Glaciers have survived through a delicate balance of gain and loss. A new study shows just how much the scale has tipped.

The melting of Greenland is accelerating, with an estimated loss of between 964 and 1735 gigatons of ice per year by 2100 in a scenario of high greenhouse gas emissions (SSP585), according to three ...

Yakutat, Alsek, and Grand Plateau—have significantly retreated, leading to the formation and expansion of lakes in their wake ...

Sea level rise is probably the single biggest impact of global warming, with effects on the majority of the world’s nations ...

This fresh meltwater flowing into the subarctic ocean is lighter than salty seawater. So less water descends to the ocean ...

Over half of the world’s glaciers could vanish by 2100, impacting sea levels, water supplies, and climate stability.

Southern Patagonia's glaciers are safeguarded by snowfall, but rapid warming could lead to their melt. Limiting warming to ...

Ever-shifting factors, like the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, could slow or accelerate global warming, and in turn, the rate that glaciers melt. And modeling glaciers, which are ...

I fall in step with Fagre and two other research scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Global Change Research ... measuring how the park's storied glaciers are melting. So far, the results ...

The melting of glaciers in Greenland is a significant ... Ice melting is directly related to global warming. Studies show that the Arctic is warming four times faster than the planet as a whole ...

Meltwater from Greenland is the largest current contributor to global ... melt on Greenland’s ice sheet has been accelerating, spurred by soaring temperatures in the Arctic, which is warming ...