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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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MAY 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
New Horizons flew past Pluto almost three years ago, giving planetary scientists their closest look yet at one of the mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2018Earth & The Environment
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2018Space & Astronomy
Rocket manufacturer Orbital ATK received the spotlight after launching a resupply mission for astronauts onboard the Int ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 02, 2018Videos
NASA will soon launch the GRACE-FO mission to understand better how climate change impacts water movement on our planet. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
What happens when the ocean doesn’t circulate as it should? Though you might not realize it, the natural circulati ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
Western Greenland is melting, and the rate has sped up dramatically in the last twenty years, reported researchers at Da ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may change the way we think abou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2017Earth & The Environment
There is now more evidence that a still undiscovered geothermal mantle plume sits beneath Antarctica, acting as a heat s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 23, 2017Earth & The Environment
As you might imagine, measuring glaciers is difficult – those hulking masses of ice don’t easily fit on a ya ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent paper published in Nature illuminates key findings regarding human-caused methane emissions. Scientists from th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica separated from the mainland several weeks ago, nerves have been hig ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2017Videos
So imagine, in the midst of Antarctica, there's a gushing area of blood-red liquid coming out of the ice. Well, it's not ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Larsen C ice shelf has been flirting with dismantlement from Western Antarctica for months now, and in the last few ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 09, 2017Earth & The Environment
We are always hearing about how the ocean’s health is in peril. However, what does that really mean? Are all of th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Greenland is experiencing an intense summer bloom of phytoplankton and researchers think that the cause of it is iron. I ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Larsen C, a huge ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula, is getting ready to take its leave from the peninsula. The shelf ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2017Microbiology
Ongoing climate research in Antarctica has documented the changing environment, and analysis shows that the ecosystem is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 02, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters aims to clarify a dispute about a previous study’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
Most knowledge about climate history comes from organic information such as tree ring width, pollen and fossils of organ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 28, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Kamchatka Peninsula is part of Russia’s “Land of Fire and Ice” region, meaning that it is chock fu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2017Videos
Two different environmental issues at opposite ends of the climate debate sit not far from each other in North Dakota an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons flew past Pluto almost three years ago, giving planetary scientists their closest look yet at one of the mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Right now, the farthest we can go back in time to analyze the history of our planet’s climate is 800,000 years. We
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Rocket manufacturer Orbital ATK received the spotlight after launching a resupply mission for astronauts onboard the Int
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 02, 2018
Videos
NASA will soon launch the GRACE-FO mission to understand better how climate change impacts water movement on our planet.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
What happens when the ocean doesn’t circulate as it should? Though you might not realize it, the natural circulati
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Western Greenland is melting, and the rate has sped up dramatically in the last twenty years, reported researchers at Da
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may change the way we think abou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2017
Earth & The Environment
There is now more evidence that a still undiscovered geothermal mantle plume sits beneath Antarctica, acting as a heat s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 23, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As you might imagine, measuring glaciers is difficult – those hulking masses of ice don’t easily fit on a ya
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent paper published in Nature illuminates key findings regarding human-caused methane emissions. Scientists from th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica separated from the mainland several weeks ago, nerves have been hig
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2017
Videos
So imagine, in the midst of Antarctica, there's a gushing area of blood-red liquid coming out of the ice. Well, it's not
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Larsen C ice shelf has been flirting with dismantlement from Western Antarctica for months now, and in the last few
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 09, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We are always hearing about how the ocean’s health is in peril. However, what does that really mean? Are all of th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Greenland is experiencing an intense summer bloom of phytoplankton and researchers think that the cause of it is iron. I
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Larsen C, a huge ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula, is getting ready to take its leave from the peninsula. The shelf
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2017
Microbiology
Ongoing climate research in Antarctica has documented the changing environment, and analysis shows that the ecosystem is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 02, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study recently published in Geophysical Research Letters aims to clarify a dispute about a previous study’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Most knowledge about climate history comes from organic information such as tree ring width, pollen and fossils of organ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 28, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Kamchatka Peninsula is part of Russia’s “Land of Fire and Ice” region, meaning that it is chock fu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2017
Videos
Two different environmental issues at opposite ends of the climate debate sit not far from each other in North Dakota an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim