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Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting increases.

By Bob Berwyn

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

A slurry mix of sand and seawater is pumped onto the main public beach during a sand replenishment project for eroding shoreline related to sea level rise on Nov. 21, 2024 in San Clemente, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of the Kalabogi village in Khulna, Bangladesh during the high tide on March 10, 2023. The village has been facing frequent cyclones and floods since the late 1990s. Credit: Kazi Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty Images

New Study Reinforces Worries About Pulses of Rapid Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

New research shows how freshwater from melting ice along the edge of Antarctica is changing the density of ocean layers, which could weaken the world's strongest ocean current by 20 percent in the next 25 years. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

Global Warming Will Weaken Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current, New Study Predicts

By Bob Berwyn

Climate Change Could Thwart Trump’s Efforts to Occupy Greenland

By Kiley Price

Crevasses upstream of the terminus of the Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq) Glacier in west-central Greenland, a region where a new study shows a significant spread of crevasses. Photo courtesy William Colgan, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.

New 3-D Study of the Greenland Ice Sheet Shows Glaciers Falling Apart Faster Than Expected

By Bob Berwyn

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

New research shows that coastal ice sheets can retreat up to 2,000 feet per day in a warming climate. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Global Warming Could Drive Pulses of Ice Sheet Retreat Reaching 2,000 Feet Per Day

By Bob Berwyn

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