ice loss
Flooding From Climate-Driven Glacier Collapse Kills Dozens in India
Roughly 170 people are still missing after a glacial break triggered a deadly avalanche and flood in the Uttarakhand region.
Arctic Sea Ice Isn't Freezing In October for the First Time on Record
The Laptev Sea in Siberia is normally an "ice factory," but hasn't frozen yet in October for the first time on record—a dire warning of the effects of climate change.
Antarctica Is Losing Six Times As Much Ice Mass As It Was 40 Years Ago
"As the Antarctic ice sheet continues to melt away, we expect multi-meter sea level rise from Antarctica in the coming centuries."
Part of Antarctica Suddenly Started Melting at a Rate of 14 Trillion Gal. a Year
Sometime in 2009, a long-stable, glacier-filled region in Antarctica suddenly began to melt. Fast.
NASA Flies Mission to Map Ice Cover Across Antarctica, Live-Tweets the Whole Thing
Just a quick suggestion: follow as many NASA twitter feeds as you can. Today, scientists from its IceBridge mission embarked on an 11-hour flight over West Antarctica, and they live-tweeted the whole thing. Yes, with pics and a nice Q+A session to boot...
