glaciers

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 […]

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    Swiss Resort Uses Blankets to Keep Glacier Cool

    Swiss Resort Uses Blankets to Keep Glacier Cool

    Usually, humans huddle up in blankets to stay warm in the winter. For the glaciers of Switzerland, however, the opposite is true. A ski resort in the Swiss Alps is using blankets to protect a glacier from melting in the summer sun. “We lay the fleece over the glacier like a natural protective shield,” Gian […]

    Rain Observed at Greenland Ice Sheet Summit for First Time on Record

    Rain Observed at Greenland Ice Sheet Summit for First Time on Record

    By Jake Johnson This past weekend, researchers at the National Science Foundation’s Summit Station observed rainfall at the peak of Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet for the first time on record — an event driven by warming temperatures. “This was the third time in less than a decade, and the latest date in the year […]