Map Pack This is Earth If All Ice Melts Posted: April 2, 2025 | Last updated: April 2, 2025 Dive into the chilling hypothetical scenario of a world where all the ice caps and glaciers suddenly ...

Giant Ice Bulldozers: How Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve Feb. 25 ... sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently ...

Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated. This update includes new glacier ...

The base of the glacier, known as the ‘terminus’, begins to melt, shrinking the overall length of the ice cap. Marine-terminating glaciers - which flow into the ocean - often reveal new areas ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

A new study has found that the Åsgardfonna glacier on Svalbard survived, and may even have advanced, during a ...

Today, most of the remaining water on the surface is largely confined to its polar regions in the form of ice caps, permafrost, and subsurface glaciers. Nevertheless, the seasonal melting and ...

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier's surface, which can accelerate its melting. Glaciers are massive bodies of white ...

Volunteers from New Zealand to the United States are helping scientists document what will happen to coastal communities as climate change melts the polar ice caps and sea levels rise.

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

Greenland's ice is melting, opening new sea routes and yielding easier access to prized natural resources, writes Fred Hewett. The island has become a bellwether of global disruption driven by climate ...

Experts have warned that, if no action is taken, the mountain’s iconic ice fields could disappear entirely within the next ...