The findings show the world’s tropical regions have already warmed past limits last seen at the outset of the Holocene age. Scientists have predicted glaciers would melt, or retreat, as temperatures ...

As Arctic temperatures rise, marine-terminating glaciers—especially in places like Svalbard—are undergoing rapid retreat and intensified ... In Kongsfjorden, a key study area, notable glaciers ...

The orange line shows the probability of different glacier retreats without any change in the climate. The purple bar marks the observed retreat of the European glaciers included in the study.

This event will focus on the high-risk area of cryosphere melting and glacier retreat, highlighting its impacts and the IAEA's efforts, particularly, isotope hydrology role in addressing this issue in ...

MICI predicts that when ice shelves collapse, they expose towering ice cliffs that could crumble under their own weight, triggering a chain reaction of rapid glacier retreat. While MICI has ...

Auckland’s extreme drought and the rapid retreat of glaciers in the Southern Alps both highlight how important long-term observations are for water management policy and planning. New research ...

"Given that modern glacier retreat is mostly due to rising temperatures – as opposed to less snowfall, or changes in cloud ...

"Because of the glacier's retreat, the meltwater no longer flows ... The ice is so small, you can't measure it anymore, or maybe the area has become inaccessible, due to rockfall," as the ice ...

Two hundred years ago, the area was covered by a glacier more than 4,000 feet thick that extended more than 100 miles to the St. Elias Mountain Range. By the 20th century, it had drawn back 65 miles ...

The glacial retreat was also felt on the Jungfraujoch, the highest site of glaciological measurement activity. Since 1850, the glaciers have lost much of their surface area There are – or rather ...