Antarctic sea ice levels have been at record lows for the last three years, a global report shows. The World Meteorological […]
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Melting glaciers could create new ecosystems – Expert Reaction
Climate change could halve the area covered by glaciers outside the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets by the end of […]
Continue readingHot summer causing early snow melt – In the News
University of Otago researchers have just returned from one of New Zealand’s largest ice fields – the Gardens of Eden […]
Continue readingWhy NZ’s glaciers had unusual growth – Expert Reaction
An unusual period where some of New Zealand’s glaciers grew bigger, despite a trend of shrinking glaciers worldwide, was due […]
Continue readingAntarctic glaciers in hot water – Expert Reaction
Hundreds of metres of solid ice were lost from West Antarctica’s glaciers between 2002 and 2009, according to a US-led […]
Continue readingAntarctic ice may melt faster than expected – In the News
Antarctica’s large land-based ice sheets may be more vulnerable to increasing global temperatures than previously thought, according to new research […]
Continue readingGetting to grips with glacial erosion – Expert reaction
New research from GNS science, published today in Science, shows that faster moving glaciers carve out more of the landscape […]
Continue readingUnstoppable Antarctic ice sheet collapse – expert responds
Major glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are melting faster than expected, and the entire sheet is now headed for […]
Continue readingGlaciologist responds to doubts over Himalayan melt
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is reexamining a report it issued that suggests Himalayan glaciers could vanish […]
Continue readingNew Zealand glaciers disprove global climate sync-up
Researchers have long puzzled over how climate has evolved over thousands of years in different regions of the world. Has […]
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