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Scientists See Converging Evidence of Antarctic Ice Retreat

A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures similar to today.

By Bob Berwyn

Researchers and tourists explore the edge of an ice shelf along the Antarctic Peninsula, which has warmed faster than nearly any other region in the past few decades. Credit Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News
Emperor penguins are only found in Antarctica and evolved over millions of years to live with polar ice, a true sentinel species for global warming. Credit: Peter Fretwell

Satellites Reveal New Climate Threat to Emperor Penguins

By Bob Berwyn

People observe the Rhone Glacier as it melts into its glacial lake in the Swiss Alps. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

As Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

A view of the Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island on Feb. 21. Credit: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica

By Bob Berwyn

Ice researchers say that some of the geoengineering concepts aimed at trying to slow polar ice melt are unaffordable and unrealistic. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says

By Bob Berwyn

The Bråsvellbreen Glacier is seen during an Arctic heat wave in the Svalbard islands on July 7, 2024. Credit: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Melting on the Arctic’s Svalbard Islands Shows the Climate Future Is Now

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the Nevados de Chillán volcano during an eruptive pulse in Las Trancas, Chile, on April 6, 2018. Credit: Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images

Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows

By Bob Berwyn

A crew works to construc a sea wall to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion due to sea level rise on March 4 in La Baule, France. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings

By Bob Berwyn

Melting ice is seen in the bay of Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10. Credit: Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images

Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World

By Maddy Keyes

Climate Change Could Thwart Trump’s Efforts to Occupy Greenland

By Kiley Price

The Thwaites Glacier and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be lost by the 23rd century. Credit: Rob Larter/BAS

‘Grim Outlook’ for Thwaites Glacier

By Bob Berwyn

University of Vermont researcher Halley Mastro examines fossilized remnants of willow, fungi and moss spores found beneath a two-mile deep layer of ice in Greenland. Credit: University of Vermont

New Study Reveals Signs of an Ancient Tundra Ecosystem Beneath Greenland’s Thickest Ice

By Bob Berwyn

The Wamme river is seen at a low level during the European heatwave on Aug 10, 2022 in Rochefort, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

By Bob Berwyn

The accelerating breakup of Antarctic ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula is intensifying concerns about sea level rise. Credit Bob Berwyn

The Acceleration of an Antarctic Glacier Shows How Global Warming Can Rapidly Break Up Polar Ice and Raise Sea Level

By Bob Berwyn

New Shipping Lanes in Melting Arctic Will Speed Warming

By Lisa Song

Freshwater Flow Into Oceans Steadily Rising

By Lisa Song

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