• Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 6th, 2010
Melting Glaciers Contain a Lot of Chemicals

Melting Glaciers Contain a Lot of Chemicals

A scientific study is underway to measure their concentrations

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 3rd, 2010
New Alaskan Glacier Study Reassesses Melt Rates

New Alaskan Glacier Study Reassesses Melt Rates

They are found to be lower than first estimated

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 18th, 2010
How Antarctic Ices Become Unstable

How Antarctic Ices Become Unstable

As the world gets warmer

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 3rd, 2009
Light Can Also Keep Track of Glacier Melting

Light Can Also Keep Track of Glacier Melting

Swiss researchers have devised the method

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2009
Latest Ice Age Took Just Months to Set In

Latest Ice Age Took Just Months to Set In

Europe was its largest victim

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 13th, 2009
Greenland Losing Glaciers at Increasing Rates

Greenland Losing Glaciers at Increasing Rates

Their complete loss would be catastrophic

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 3rd, 2009
Kilimanjaro's Snows Will Soon Be History

Kilimanjaro's Snows Will Soon Be History

Only small fragments remain

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 28th, 2009
Glaciers in Kyrgyzstan in Danger of Collapsing for Good

Glaciers in Kyrgyzstan in Danger of Collapsing for Good

They are almost gone as it is

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 22nd, 2009
Pollution Mystery Solved

Pollution Mystery Solved

Melting glaciers drop more chemicals in the waters

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 25th, 2009
Tropical and Northern-Hemisphere Climates Linked

Tropical and Northern-Hemisphere Climates Linked

The correlation has been evidenced in a new paper

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 16th, 2009
First British and Irish Ice Sheet Model Created

First British and Irish Ice Sheet Model Created

DU researchers have been behind the effort

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 28th, 2009
Space Lasers Analyze Hidden Antarctic Lakes

Space Lasers Analyze Hidden Antarctic Lakes

They are buried under miles of ice

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 14th, 2009
Pine Island Glacier Melting 4 Times Faster than a Decade Ago

Pine Island Glacier Melting 4 Times Faster than a Decade Ago

It is one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 22nd, 2009
Glaciers Can Melt Rapidly, Despite Their Size

Glaciers Can Melt Rapidly, Despite Their Size

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study

Experts Urge Governments to Act on Global Water Security

Experts Urge Governments to Act on Global Water Security

The threats are real, they say

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 17th, 2009
Antarctic Reveals 1.5-Million-Year-Old Microbe Colony

Antarctic Reveals 1.5-Million-Year-Old Microbe Colony

The organisms have been trapped under hundreds of feet of ice

Dust in Glaciers Hints at Past Climate Changes

Dust in Glaciers Hints at Past Climate Changes

A scientific expedition is currently investigating the ice

 
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