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Glaciers are large bodies of dense ice. Most glacial ice (almost 99%) is concentrated at the North and South pole. Glaciers hold most of the world's freshwater supply.
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AUG 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for the rate of glacier erosion across the world, and could it be more than one process? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can a recent subsurface flood in Greenland be influenced by climate change? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can climate change influence volcanic activity? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 01, 2025Earth & The Environment
What new methods can be used to help predict glacier melt patterns as climate change continues to ravage the planet? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season chang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2025Earth & The Environment
A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have completed the third and most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2025Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2025Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2025Earth & The Environment
When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth &a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can scientists predict future sea level rise based on today’s evidence? This is what a recent study published in S ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 28, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can researchers predict the behavior of ice glaciers before they break apart and melt due to warming waters? This is wha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines variances ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
Researchers from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) recently announced that July 2023 was officiall ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 14, 2023Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long agreed that early Earth had extreme climate variations, but recent scientific discoveries provide n ...Written By: Amelia Rhodeland
AUG 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for the rate of glacier erosion across the world, and could it be more than one process?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can a recent subsurface flood in Greenland be influenced by climate change? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can climate change influence volcanic activity? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 01, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What new methods can be used to help predict glacier melt patterns as climate change continues to ravage the planet? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season chang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have completed the third and most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2025
Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth &a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can scientists predict future sea level rise based on today’s evidence? This is what a recent study published in S
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can researchers predict the behavior of ice glaciers before they break apart and melt due to warming waters? This is wha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines variances
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in ISME Journal examines how climate change affects microbial communities in the waters surroun
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) recently announced that July 2023 was officiall
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 14, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long agreed that early Earth had extreme climate variations, but recent scientific discoveries provide n
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland