Antarctic Ice Sheet: How Fast is it Melting?
The continent of Antarctica is half the size of Africa but it’s so cold, so barren, and so desolate, that almost nothing survives on it,
Articles on the impact of rising temperatures and ocean warming on the polar ice-sheets, sea ice & glaciers, in Greenland, the Arctic & Antarctica. Plus, the effects of climate change on permafrost and wildfires in the Arctic Circle.
The continent of Antarctica is half the size of Africa but it’s so cold, so barren, and so desolate, that almost nothing survives on it,
Antarctica is the coldest place on Planet Earth, with temperatures dropping as low as minus 98°C (minus 144°F). It’s also massive, covering an area of
What’s going to happen to the Greenland ice sheet as global warming intensifies? What are the consequences if it melts? The truth is, no one
A glacier is a large body of ice that moves slowly over land under the pressure of its own weight and the force of gravity.
What is an Ice Sheet? An ice sheet is a huge expanse of dense, glacial ice covering an area of land greater than 50,000 square
Arctic sea ice is frozen sea water, which makes it part of Earth’s cryosphere and an integral part of the global climate system. It freezes,
Permafrost is permanently frozen ground whose temperature stays at 0°C (32°F) or below, for at least two years in a row. 1 The fact that
A critical component of the water cycle and the global carbon cycle, the cryosphere is Earth’s frozen water. It includes snow cover, glaciers, sea ice,
Forest fires in the Arctic? There must be some mistake. The Arctic has always been one of Earth’s coldest regions, characterized by the Greenland ice