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Thousands of glaciers to melt each year by mid-century: study
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday. Government action on climate change could determine whether the world loses 2,000 or 4,000 glaciers annually by the middle of the century, according to the research. A few degrees could be the difference between preserving almost half of the world's glaciers in 2100 - or fewer than 10 percent. "Our results un ... read more |
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Greenland mantle heat map sharpens outlook for rising seasBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 A new study led by researchers at the University of Ottawa presents high-resolution 3D models of the Earth's temperature beneath Greenland and northeastern Canada, offering fresh insight into the re ... more 
Where Antarctic Ice Melt Will Raise Seas the MostProvidence RI (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. B ... more 
Sentinel 1D radar satellite returns first images from Antarctic to EuropeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has delivered its first high-resolution radar images, covering glaciers in Antarctica, the southern tip of South America and the German city of Bremen, which wer ... more 
Where Antarctica's ice melt will have the biggest impact on sea levelsProvidence RI (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. B ... more |
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Explorers seek ancient Antarctica ice in climate change studyCape Town (AFP) Nov 1, 2025 An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. ... more 
Antarctic moisture research will model ice sheet formation in ancient warm periodsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 Researchers from Binghamton University will investigate how increased moisture transport during ancient warm climates contributed to the growth of Antarctic ice sheets. This work, funded by the Nati ... more 
Six million year old Antarctic ice reveals deep history of Earth's climateLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025 A team of US researchers has found the oldest directly dated ice and air samples on Earth in the Allan Hills of East Antarctica. The ice, aged at 6 million years, contains ancient air bubbles that p ... more 
Polar bears sustain arctic scavengers with millions of kilograms of food each yearLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025 A study published in Oikos highlights polar bears as a cornerstone species for arctic scavengers, showing that their annual hunting activities supply about 7.6 million kilograms of carrion to the re ... more 
Large fluctuations in sea level occurred throughout the last ice ageCorvallis OR (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of that period, a study publishing this ... more |
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Antarctic marine viruses under scrutiny as researchers map unknowns of polar ecosystems
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Antarctic marine viruses have emerged as critical but poorly understood drivers of the Southern Ocean's ecological balance. A new review published in Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research highlights both recent progress and significant gaps in understanding how these viruses shape biogeochemical processes under a changing climate. Researchers from Australia and China synthesized current findings to identify where further work is needed. They emphasize that while DNA viruses have been studied for decades, ... read more 
Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistanceKon Chukurbashi, Tajikistan (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting - yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? ... more |
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UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws backHarwich, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked science projects, as Western nations spearhead studies there while the United States withdraws. ... more 
North American ice sheets caused majority of post-Ice Age sea-level riseNew Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 11, 2025 Melting ice sheets in North America were the primary cause of a dramatic global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age, according to new research led by Tulane University and published in Nat ... more 
Patagonian ice sheet followed its own climatic rhythmBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Patagonia's immense ice fields, stretching hundreds of kilometers along the Andes, are relics of a vast ice sheet that once blanketed southern South America. New research from the University of Brem ... more 
Researchers wake up microbes trapped in permafrost for thousands of yearsBoulder CO (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by CU Boulder resurrected ancient microbes that had been trapped in ice - in some cases for around 40,000 years. The study is a showca ... more
Carbon feedback loops could plunge Earth into deep freezeBremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Until now, the slow weathering of silicate rocks has been considered the planet's primary climate regulator. Rain absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), dissolves exposed rocks, and carries disso ... more |
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