The floating Filchner-Ronne ice shelf’s grounding line lies several hundred kilometres south of its front (visible in this 2017 aerial picture). Image: Nathan Kurtz / NASA If we maintain the current climate, the rate of melting of the Antarctic glaciers will...
A joint team from the Franco-Swiss Alpine regions has published an article in Nature exploring the natural areas that will be exposed by retreating glaciers between now and 2100, calling for recognition of this unique character and the services these areas provide to...
Sailing in reduced visibility, a sailor at the bow with ice on the water. Image: Léa Dillard The Fondation Pacifique takes young scientists on board to explore the Northwest Passage, starting in the North Atlantic between Newfoundland and Greenland, then along the...
The town of Circle, located on the banks of the Yukon River, saw flooding begin on 13 May, when water levels rose three metres in the span of 30 minutes. Blocks of ice, released during the break-up, clustered together, creating dams that caused the river to overflow...
In a new book that makes us live the tension of the fieldwork, the motivating charge of the meetings, we have the exciting feeling to be a glaciologist for the time of a reading and to live behind the scenes the adventure of Heïdi Sevestre, with whom we cultivate...
