We often see photographs that show how glaciers have diminished in size over the last century. The recession of glaciers is a direct result of global warming, resulting from the burning of fossil fuel ...

National Snow and Ice Data Center monitors sea ice, tracks snow, examines Arctic conditions and informs global decision-makers The frozen parts of the planet, known collectively as the cryosphere, are ...

A tour boat sails near a glacier's terminus in the Kenai Mountains near Primrose, Alaska, in 2019. Scientists have issued the starkest warning yet that the world’s ice is under serious threat from ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Miriam Jackson, the Eurasia and Nordic director of the International ...

"We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice." That's the message from more than 50 leading scientists who study Earth's frozen regions, published in the latest annual State of the Cryosphere ...

Melting glaciers, collapsing ice shelves, thawing permafrost – these are some of the most visible impacts of climate change. Glaciers around the world have been losing over 200 billion metric tons of ...

The retreat of glaciers has significant impacts on the water cycle and water supply. As glaciers shrink, water availability downstream is reduced. This not only affects freshwater supply for drinking ...

A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The ...