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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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FEB 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientific studies are revealing just how humans have impacted the environment over the past few centuries. Recently, sc ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center highlights the first quantitative study of the link between precipitat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
Natural phenomena such as wildfires and hurricanes are intensifying due to climate change, but have you heard of glacial ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in Global Change Biology details the findings from a study on subnival vegetation in the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Nature Geoscience details the findings of the most accurate topographical map of Antarcti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
This summer, the Greenland Ice Sheet experienced a significant melting event not seen since 2002, mainly due to the heat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
Headlines of record-breaking heat have become more common this summer. Just a few weeks ago, cities throughout Europe su ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
To be a scientist also is to be a dreamer – to think outside of the paradigms that we humans have constructed in o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
Mountaineer Bryan Mestre wasn’t expecting to run into a lake formed from glacier melt while on a hike recently in ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
A recent study combining 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, shows that the rate o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Nature highlights the crucial role that Asia’s high-elevation glaciers p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Antarctica is suffering from numerous changes due to global climate change, and scientists are unwavering in their work ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
The Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica is on the tipping point – literally. Seven years ago, 1,500 square kilometer ice ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
After two years of extensive research, a team of international researchers has determined the exact location from which ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This resea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Upon embarking on a research trip in the vast deserts of Namibia, geologists from West Virginia University realized as s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
A series of studies published within the last two months highlight the concern that previous estimates regarding the sta ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Earth sports a lot of water and planetary scientists still aren’t entirely sure how it all got here. To help solve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that large quantities of methane are seeping out from glaciers int ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 16, 2018Videos
A giant space rock once slammed into what is now Greenland. The rock is believed to be a rare iron asteroid capable of l ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s New Horizons probe conducted its historic fly-by of Pluto in 2015, the American space agency received ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association is intent on change. Made up of tribal chairmen from 16 Sioux tribe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientific studies are revealing just how humans have impacted the environment over the past few centuries. Recently, sc
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center highlights the first quantitative study of the link between precipitat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Natural phenomena such as wildfires and hurricanes are intensifying due to climate change, but have you heard of glacial
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in Global Change Biology details the findings from a study on subnival vegetation in the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Nature Geoscience details the findings of the most accurate topographical map of Antarcti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
This summer, the Greenland Ice Sheet experienced a significant melting event not seen since 2002, mainly due to the heat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Headlines of record-breaking heat have become more common this summer. Just a few weeks ago, cities throughout Europe su
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
To be a scientist also is to be a dreamer – to think outside of the paradigms that we humans have constructed in o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Mountaineer Bryan Mestre wasn’t expecting to run into a lake formed from glacier melt while on a hike recently in
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A recent study combining 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, shows that the rate o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Nature highlights the crucial role that Asia’s high-elevation glaciers p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Antarctica is suffering from numerous changes due to global climate change, and scientists are unwavering in their work
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica is on the tipping point – literally. Seven years ago, 1,500 square kilometer ice
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After two years of extensive research, a team of international researchers has determined the exact location from which
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This resea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Upon embarking on a research trip in the vast deserts of Namibia, geologists from West Virginia University realized as s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A series of studies published within the last two months highlight the concern that previous estimates regarding the sta
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Earth sports a lot of water and planetary scientists still aren’t entirely sure how it all got here. To help solve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that large quantities of methane are seeping out from glaciers int
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 16, 2018
Videos
A giant space rock once slammed into what is now Greenland. The rock is believed to be a rare iron asteroid capable of l
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s New Horizons probe conducted its historic fly-by of Pluto in 2015, the American space agency received
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published recently in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that our ice caps around the globe may no
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association is intent on change. Made up of tribal chairmen from 16 Sioux tribe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan