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Scientists scramble to set up outpost on rapidly melting glacier

"We're very lucky to be here; we also work very hard to be here." The post Scientists Scramble to Set Up Outpost on Rapidly ...

The View From Above Antarctica’s Fastest Melting Glacier

Times journalists were able to get tantalizingly close to the Thwaites glacier, which scientists are hoping to spend weeks studying up close.

Setting Foot on the Melting Thwaites Glacier

Bad weather ​delayed expedition scientists’​ ​efforts to set up camp on Thwaites Glacier ​in Antarctica ​and take ...
AOL

Glaciers are keeping themselves from melting — but not for long

High in the mountains, glaciers once kept their cool—literally. The massive ice bodies create their own cold microclimates that retard melting even as the rest of the planet warms. But an exhaustive ...
Climate Compass on MSN

Melting Alaskan glacier floods Juneau as emergency wall is tested

When Alaska's Ice Surrenders to Water 65 feet, breaking records set just the year before when a sudden glacial lake outburst ...

Pakistan Drafts National Strategy to Protect Glaciers

Pakistan has drafted a National Glaciers Preservation Strategy to address rising risks from accelerated glacier melt, as the ...
NBC New York

At Europe's melting glaciers, signs of climate peril are everywhere

MORTERATSCH, Switzerland — Almost 7,000 feet above sea level, the trail leading up to Morteratsch Glacier gets a little longer every year. Leo Hösli has made the climb many times. Each step sends ...

Greenland Ice Melt Signals Climate Risk Amid Tensions In The Arctic

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...