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![Lake Ayr on Baffin Island, Canada.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cdCbnqgytjBB3RuynqXjaC-320-80.jpg)
Glaciers Morph Lickety-Split as Climate Changes
By Becky Oskin last updated
Abrupt climate shifts trigger rapid, though perplexing, glacier responses.
![Earth seen from 1 million miles (1.6 million km) away. Global warming is the gradual heating of the planet's surface, oceans and atmosphere.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TaRP3Je8hG3pZG5t5WDRHV-320-80.jpg)
What is global warming?
By Stephanie Pappas last updated
Global warming is the gradual heating of Earth's surface, oceans and atmosphere.
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Frequent Fires? New Tool Reveals Climate Impact by ZIP Code (Op-Ed)
By Frances Beinecke last updated
From fires to floods, tool reveals climate hazards by ZIP Code.
![Marine stratocumulus clouds, algae snot, cloud formation](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T9drD3vjFMjtbbRa7Vddye-320-80.jpg)
Sea Creatures Make Brighter Clouds to Cool the Earth
By Elizabeth Goldbaum last updated
![Sunset is coming for South Col Glacier, the highest glacier on Mount Everest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dELMnSaBz5HyjjeDq7Vcg-320-80.jpg)
Mt. Everest's highest glacier lost 2,000 years worth of ice since the 1990s
By Brandon Specktor last updated
The highest glacier on Mount Everest is losing ice at an alarming rate, new research finds.
![After damaging parts of Cuba and leaving much of the country in the dark, Hurricane Ian reached Florida’s west coast on the afternoon of Sept. 28.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cgJY8cwKNPc4Q7KX9BQfKn-320-80.jpg)
Is Atlantic hurricane season getting worse (and is climate change to blame)?
By Joshua A. Krisch published
Recent studies have linked climate change to environmental conditions that fuel hurricane season.
![A 3D map of one of the hidden valleys, also known as a tunnel valley, under the seafloor in the North Sea. It was created by a meltwater channel running underneath an ancient ice sheet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/edJkNYZ9GDTAwE2dGtYxUb-320-80.jpg)
'Death throes' of ancient ice sheets carved hidden valleys below the seafloor
By Harry Baker published
The subterranean structures could provide clues about how modern ice sheets will react to climate change.
![A new study has warned that irreversible climate "tipping points" are more numerous and close to being triggered than previously thought.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7we5rgdpXEzG4vHzJfUMok-320-80.jpg)
Climate 'points of no return' may be much closer than we thought
By Harry Baker published
A new study that reassesed decades of work of climate "tipping points" has revealed they are more numerous and closer to being triggered than researchers initially feared.
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