During glacial periods, the sea level falls, because vast quantities of water are stored in the massive inland glaciers. To date, however, computer models have been unable to reconcile sea-level height with the thickness of the glaciers. Using innovative new...
Looking across the ice surfaces of the Arctic Ocean or an ice sheet, it is hard to see that these icy worlds are under massive pressure. However, despite the seemingly endless ice areas, the amounts of ice that have melted away due to global warming are unimaginably...
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,...
Snowstorm and darkness at noon on the glacier. Photo: Andreas Alexander The wind howls and swells. The icy cold snow blows up in our faces. The dry snowflakes hurt the skin and without snow goggles it would be completely impossible to keep the eyes open in this...
On November 21, 2020 at 18:17 CET, a Falcon 9 rocket from space company SpaceX took off in California and launched the Sentinel-6 satellite into space. (Photo: SpaceX) The research satellite “Sentinel-6” successfully launched into space on November 21,...