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    Switzerland Loses 10% of Glacier Volume in Just Two Years

    Switzerland Loses 10% of Glacier Volume in Just Two Years

    In just two years, the total volume of glaciers in Switzerland has declined 10%, according to a new report. The Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation, part of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, and Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS), a glacier monitoring center, has uncovered “catastrophic” loss after two years with hot summers and low snow […]

    Formerly Stable Greenland Glacier Shows Signs of Rapid Retreat

    Formerly Stable Greenland Glacier Shows Signs of Rapid Retreat

    Once upon a time, the Steenstrup Glacier, located in northwestern Greenland, was one of the most stable glaciers in the country. But new research shows this ice formation is now in the top 10% of glaciers contributing to all ice melt in the entire region. From 2018 to 2021, the glacier retreated a whopping 5 […]

    Iceberg Nearly the Size of London Breaks Away From Antarctica

    Iceberg Nearly the Size of London Breaks Away From Antarctica

    A gigantic iceberg nearly the size of Greater London has broken free from the 492-foot-thick Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Cracks that had been developing naturally in the ice shelf over the past few years had expanded across the entire shelf, causing the iceberg to finally calve on Sunday, according to a British Antarctic Survey […]

    World’s Glaciers at Serious Risk From Climate Crisis

    World’s Glaciers at Serious Risk From Climate Crisis

    A new study published in Science Thursday calculated how different degrees of warming would impact the more than 215,000 glaciers that exist outside Antarctica and Greenland. It concluded that almost half of them could melt by the end of the century even if policymakers succeed in limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.