The mighty collision of two glaciers – Kongsbreen and Kronebreen ... of the same site reveals the dramatic ice loss in the Arctic due to climate change (main picture, bottom).

High temperatures are melting Arctic sea ice, glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet. Since 2002, Greenland lost 5,900 billion tons (gigatons) of ice. To put that into perspective, imagine if the ...

Meltwater weakens oceanic circulation patterns High temperatures are melting Arctic sea ice, glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet . Since 2002, Greenland lost 5,900 billion tonnes (gigatonnes ...

In the medical field, being fast, efficient, and correct can be the difference between life and death. This game-changing tool is helping cancer researchers and doctors save lives.

In an era of dwindling glaciers, Southern Patagonia has managed to hold on to a surprising amount of its ice. But, a new study in Scientific Reports from INSTAAR postdoc Matthias Troch and his ...

Coming less than a decade after its launch, the studies emerging from the global project are a major achievement. Funders should sign up for the long haul.

The pilot project will test data center operations on Alaska’s Arctic North Slope. (Google Maps, data from Google, Maxar Technologies) Hilcorp is set to host a new project that will test the ...

The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has ...