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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

“Wild” ice skaters are seen on Maine’s Megunticook Lake in December 2025. Wild skaters seek out frozen water bodies rather than man-made rinks. Credit: Courtesy of Richard Behr

For Maine’s Lakes, Shorter Ice Seasons Mean Loss of Water Quality, Winter Traditions

By Sydney Cromwell

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 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

More than 1 million people skated on the Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest ice rink, in Ottawa this winter. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

Can the World’s Largest Ice Rink Survive a Warming Planet?

By Phil McKenna

Climate Change Could Thwart Trump’s Efforts to Occupy Greenland

By Kiley Price

Winter Road Salt Keeps Drivers Safe, But Can Also Jeopardize Drinking Water

By Kiley Price

Commercial fishermen prepare to check their nets on Lake Superior in Bayfield, Wisconsin, on Feb. 23, 2021. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

How Climate Change Is Complicating a Beloved Midwest Pastime: Ice Fishing

By Kristoffer Tigue

A view of an ice-covered Lake Baikal on Ogoy Island in Siberia, Russia. Credit: Sergey Pesterev/CC BY-SA 2.0

As Ice Coverage of Lakes Decreases, Scientists Work to Understand What Happens Under Water in Winter

By Lydia Larsen

Emperor penguin adults with their chicks on fast ice on Snow Hill Island in Antarctica's Weddell Sea. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Emperor Penguin Breeding Failure Linked With Antarctic Sea Ice Decline

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

A tourist at the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Sept. 7, 2022. The ice there has been dramatically receding from year to year. Credit: Natasha Jessen-Petersen

This Arctic US Air Base Has Its Eyes on Russia. But Climate is a Bigger Threat

By Natasha Maki Jessen-Petersen

A view of pack ice floating on the ocean near the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean north of Norway on July 14, 2022. Credit: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

New Study Reveals Arctic Ice, Tracked Both Above and Below, Is Freezing Later

By Charlie Miller

New research examines potential changes below thousands of feet of ice in East Antarctica that would affect millions of people in coastal cities worldwide by raising sea levels even more than expected in the next few centuries. Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Where Thick Ice Sheets in Antarctica Meet the Ground, Small Changes Could Have Big Consequences

By Bob Berwyn

The Greenland Ice Sheet, which has enough frozen water to raise sea levels by 20 feet, melted away completely at least once about 1 million years ago, new research shows. Credit: Joshua Brown

Long-lost Core Drilled to Prepare Ice Sheet to Hide Nuclear Missiles Holds Clues About a Different Threat

By Bob Berwyn

The Jökulsárlón glacial lake is seen in Iceland in 2015. New research shows that Earth's ice is melting faster than ever. The annual melt rate grew from 0.8 trillion tons in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tons by 2017. Credit: Bob Berwyn

Global Ice Loss on Pace to Drive Worst-Case Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

Ice shelves. Credit: Massimo Rumi/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

Antarctic Ocean Reveals New Signs of Rapid Melt of Ancient Ice, Clues About Future Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

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