Before-and-After Satellite Images Show Upsetting Glacier Loss in Swiss Alps
NASA's Landsats captured views of a Swiss glacier 40 years apart, showing how a warming world has reduced its footprint.
The Alps Are Melting: Four Decades of Glacier Loss Captured From Space
The Alps, home to the iconic Aletsch Glacier, are undergoing a dramatic transformation. Satellite imagery spanning four ...
2 Trillion Pulses Unleashed: NASA’s Space Laser Reveals Earth’s Shifting Ice
NASA’s ICESat-2 has hit an incredible milestone: 2 trillion laser shots fired from orbit! This Earth-monitoring marvel has ...
USA Today20d
Study finds early life on Earth got a boost from ... Glaciers and uranium?
his new research found that the paths carved by the retreating glaciers may also have been a factor. The glaciers ground surface rock into fine sediment, which flowed rapidly into the oceans ...
Le Monde.fr28d
Glaciers are receding all over the world, at a rate of three Olympic swimming pools per second
The disappearing Oulettes de Gaube glacier in the Vignemale massif (Hautes-Pyrénées), September 19, 2024. VINCENT NGUYEN / RIVA PRESS FOR LE MONDE Glaciers all over ...
Newsday27d
Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000
“The thing that people should be aware of and perhaps worried about is that yes, the glaciers are indeed retreating and disappearing as we said they would. The rate of that loss seems to be ...
MassLive27d
Climate Matters: what is the cryosphere and why does it matter?
Glaciers are receding in all mountain areas and the rate of loss has been accelerating in recent years. At the present rate of fossil fuel use, 50% of all glaciers in the world will be gone within ...
Phys.org28d
Alaska's lakes and ponds reveal effects of permafrost thaw
Conversely, in areas that were recently carved by moving glaciers, lake area sometimes increases as permafrost thaws. In some cases, no clear relationship between the two exists. Receding glaciers ...