Glaciers such as Eqip Sermia in the central part of West Greenland have been under close observation by science teams for years. This is because the ice streams have continued to retreat due to increased melting. Their behaviour forms a kind of early warning system...
Collapsed house in the Russian settlement of Chersky. When the permafrost soil thaws, buildings become unstable and collapse. (Photo: Vladimir Romanovsky) Global warming is showing its dramatic effects, especially in the Arctic. According to the latest calculations,...
The amounts of fresh water flowing into the sea from the melting Antarctic ice sheets have the potential to provide sufficient cooling on the surface by increasing sea ice formation to slow down the melt there. But the advancing warming in other places would cause the...
Meltwater pond. After two years of smaller losses in 2017 and 2018, the ice sheet is now on the road to increasing ice loss. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record ice loss in 2019. This was the conclusion of a team of international...
Walruses are dependent on sea ice for food. They use it as a platform to reach their feeding grounds. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) The rapidly melting sea ice in the Arctic is exceeding the worst predictions for the future. A new and improved model based on the last warm...
