A study by Copernicus reports that the effect of sea ice (fast ice connected to land) as a supporting force against land ice is negligible. The study area was the Larsen B Ice Shelf, which has been collapsing since 2002 and is effectively gone after a major collapse in 2022. We observe the evacuation of … Read more
The melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, which contains more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating and could reach a tipping point much sooner than predicted, according to research published Tuesday. The research, which was published in the journal Nature communicationshows that ice loss from the Juneau Icefield began to accelerate rapidly after 2005. The paper’s authors … Read more
The melting of Alaska’s Juneau Icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating, with the snow-covered area shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study. Researchers kept close track of snow depth in the nearly 1,500 square mile icy plain going back to 1948 with added data … Read more
One of the largest areas of interconnected glaciers in North America is melting twice as fast as before 2010, a team of scientists reported Tuesday, calling it an “exceptionally troubling” sign that land ice could be disappearing even faster in many places than previously thought. The Juneau Ice Field, which stretches across the Coast Mountains … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! The algae turns the ice black. When that happens, the ice reflects less sunlight and melts faster. Several areas in Greenland are covered in black algae. Credit: Laura Perini × close to The algae turns the ice black. When that … Read more