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Greenland's glaciers are melting 100 times faster than estimated
By Stephanie Pappas published
Scientists are getting a better handle on how fast Greenland's ice is flowing out to sea. Old models that used Antarctica as a baseline were way off the mark.
Surprising loss of sea ice after record-breaking Arctic storm is a mystery to scientists
By JoAnna Wendel published
Although models accurately predicted the evolution of the Arctic storm, scientists were surprised to see just how much sea ice thickness decreased in the storm's aftermath.
Rising sea levels could swamp the US coastline by 2050, NASA predicts
By Joe Phelan published
Sea levels are expected to rise around the contiguous U.S. faster than previously thought, a new NASA study finds.
Climate summit agrees to 'historic' loss-and-damage fund — but misses warming goals
By Michael Dhar published
New fund would aid responses to floods, fires and storms. But a failure to address warming and greenhouse gas emissions undercuts the funding success, critics say.
Global CO2 emissions are cooking the planet and 'show no sign of decreasing,' report warns
By Joshua A. Krisch published
Staving off the worst impacts of climate change means preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. But CO2 emissions are so high that we are slated to cross that line within a decade.
Glaciers in Yellowstone and Yosemite on track to vanish within decades, UN report warns
By Michael Dhar last updated
A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites — but climate action could save most of them.
Watch an ancient ice sheet cover the British Isles then vanish, in eerie time-lapse animation
By Joshua A. Krisch published
The rapid decline of the British-Irish Ice Sheet thousands of years ago may hold lessons for how melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will influence sea-level rise in the future.
Migratory birds in North America are shrinking as their wings get bigger. Climate change is to blame.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
As the planet warms due to climate change, North American migratory birds are shrinking.
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