MUNICH— There are two main elements to observe when assessing sea-level rise. One is the loss of the ice on land, e.g., melting mountain glaciers and inland ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, and the other…
Emissions could add 38 cm to 2100 sea level rise
A NASA-led effort indicates that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could substantially contribute to global sea level rise. MUNICH — An international effort that brought together more than 60 ice, oceanic…
Global Survey Using NASA Data Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes
In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and…
Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced approach
Insights from bicultural research can enhance practical applications from a palaeotsunami database to land-use decisions, according to a new review in Earth Surface Dynamics The Hooker River in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Aotearoa New…
Unusually Clear Skies Drove Record Loss of Greenland Ice in 2019
Summer 2019 anomalies in number of melting days (a), snowfall (b), albedo (c), cloudiness (d), and temperature two meters above the ice (e). Image: Tedesco and Fettweis, 2019 Study identifies unprecedented atmospheric conditions behind devastating…