- Nature
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 3rd, 2013
Alpine Glaciers Started Retreating Decades Before Global Warming Kicked In
Researchers suspect soot should be blamed for this phenomenon
- Green
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 11th, 2013
Global Warming Ups Noise Pollution Levels, Affects Marine Animals in the Antarctica
Warmer temperatures cause ice to crack, some animals can't handle all this noise
- Research & Tech
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 14th, 2013
Mount Everest's Glaciers Are Shrinking at Alarming Rates
Researchers say the glaciers have shrunk by 13% in just 50 years
- Research & Tech
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 25th, 2013
Glaciers in Tibet Now Melting Because of Pollution in South Asia
Specialists say the glaciers are shrinking, warn about potential geological hazards
- Research & Tech
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 20th, 2013
Isolated Glaciers in Greenland Are Melting 2.5 Times Faster Than the Main Ice Sheet
This means that the so-called peripheral glaciers respond faster to climate change
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 23rd, 2012
ESA Monitors Himalayan Glaciers from Orbit
Monitoring ice motions helps derive long-term trends
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 24th, 2012
Greenland's Ice Sheet Melting at Unprecedented Pace
This is the second-largest ground-based ice reservoir in the world
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 16th, 2012
Huge Number of Icebergs Off the Coasts of Greenland [Photo]
NASA satellite observes ice extents in the North Atlantic
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 8th, 2012
Greenland Glacier's Contribution to Sea Level Rise Is Limited
The upper limit to which it can contribute is lower than first calculated
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 5th, 2012
Mysterious Deposits on Mars Explained
Researchers have been trying to figure them out for years
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 23rd, 2012
Antarctic Bottom Circulation Is Losing Its Cold Waters
The phenomenon was first observed a few decades ago
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 20th, 2012
The Industrial Revolution Damaged Remote Ecosystems
A new method for studying how this happened has been developed
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 13th, 2012
Parts of East Antarctica Melting as Well
This section of the continent was thought to be stable
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 9th, 2012
Sea Levels Rose 0.5 Inches in 7 Years
New study analyzes data stretching from 2003 to 2010
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 31st, 2012
Massive Crack Found in Pine Island Glacier
Climate scientists are extremely concerned about this
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 20th, 2012
Bacteria at Bottom of Glaciers May Survive on Mars
The conclusion belongs to a series of studies conducted in the laboratory
- Sci Pry
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 15th, 2011
Using Your Kinect to Study Glaciers
A PhD student loves re-purposing cheap devices for advanced applications