- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 25th, 2015
NASA Releases View of Flowing Nitrogen Ice Glaciers on Pluto
The dwarf planet is not such a dull place after all
- Nature
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 24th, 2014
Number of Glaciers in the Glacier National Park in the US Drops from 150 to 26
Due to climate change and global warming, this national park might soon no longer be worthy of its name
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 14th, 2014
Report Warns of 1.8 Meters (5.9 Feet) Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise is caused by the fact that, as the climate is getting warmer, ice sheets and glaciers are melting
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 30th, 2014
Mars' Grand Canyon Was Once Home to Massive Glaciers, Evidence Indicates
Scientists believe to have found first ever mineralogical evidence of long-lost glaciers in Mars' Grand Canyon
- Nature
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 15th, 2014
Glaciers in Antarctica Are Melting Faster than Ever Before, Study Finds
Researchers warn that glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula have high chances to disappear in about 200 years' time
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 16th, 2014
Photo of the Day: Retreating Glaciers in Alaska as Seen from Space
These two glaciers in Alaska are fueled by snow that falls at higher elevations
- Research & Tech
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 8th, 2014
Inventory of the World's Glaciers Successfully Completed
All in all, researchers mapped and catalogued nearly 200,000 glaciers
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 11th, 2014
Ice Discharge Rates Calculated for 178 Greenland Glaciers
These values help predict how global warming will influence sea levels
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 7th, 2014
Pine Island Glacier May Continue Melting for Decades
Experts find evidence of a similar occurrence some 8,000 years ago
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 29th, 2014
New Mission to Study Iceland's Glaciers Underway
JPL researchers contribute through a high-precision radar instrument
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 13th, 2014
Pine Island Glacier Enters Self-Sustaining Retreat
This is the primary Antarctic contributor to global sea level increases
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 11th, 2013
Antarctica Losing Ice Much Faster Than Scientists Thought
New satellite data paint a worrying image of ice sheets at the South Pole
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 6th, 2013
How Salty Ocean Waters Melt Glaciers Faster
New investigation uncovers interesting link between the two
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 25th, 2013
New Method Predicts Sea Level Rise by Studying Glacier Movements
These motions are influenced by ices that melt over the summer
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 8th, 2013
Hidden “Speed Bumps” Slow Antarctic Glaciers Considerably
These tiger stripe-like formations are buying us some time
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 6th, 2013
Photo: Beautiful Double Valley Revealed in Alaska
A glacier carved the land in an unusual way, experts say
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 4th, 2013
Decline of South American Glaciers Seen from Space
Astronauts recently captured new images of the trends from the ISS