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1st glacier declared dead from climate change seen in before and after imagesEarth from space Satellite images taken more than three decades apart show the disappearance of Iceland's Okjökull, the first glacier to be officially declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change.
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Global sea ice levels hit worrying new lowSea ice cover dropped to a record low across February 2025 as global warming continues to breach the 1.5 C Paris Agreement target, according to data from the Copernicus satellite.
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Ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria — the birthplace of Cleopatra — is crumbling into the sea at an unprecedented rateCoastal erosion from rising sea levels has led to the collapse of 280 buildings across Alexandria, Egypt, over the past two decades.
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Scholars are building an archive of federal climate data. Here's how to find it.Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data — some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
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Scientists identify tipping point for Greenland's ice sheet — and it's not far offGreenland's ice sheet has been losing a staggering amount of ice at an accelerating rate. A tipping point could come by the turn of the next century, a new study warns.
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World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study findsA groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.
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January 2025 hottest on record despite US cold and La NiñaLa Niña and record cold temperatures in the U.S. should have made Earth cooler, but January 2025 was still the hottest on record, with an average global warming of 3.15 F (1.75 C) above pre-industrial levels.
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Alaska's ice is melting in front of our eyes, staggering satellite shots showUnusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite images show the extent of this transformation.
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Greenland's ice sheet — the second biggest in the world — is cracking open at alarming speed, scientists discoverNew 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021.
