Greenland Ice May Melt Even Faster

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 25, 2014 The vulnerability of Greenland’s glaciers to global warming is even greater than feared, according to radar and satellite data analysed by U.S. research scientists -- and that's bad news for rising sea levels. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

No Way Back for West Antarctic Glaciers

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 22, 2014 Analysis of space satellite data reveals that the West Antarctic's glaciers have passed the "point of no return" and will continue to melt inexorably as the Southern Hemisphere gets warmer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ocean Winds Put Heat on Australia

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 17, 2014 Winds of change caused by greenhouse gases in the Southern Ocean are keeping Antarctica cold but parching Australia by “stealing” more of its rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Arctic ‘Is Set to Reach 13°C by 2100′

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Feb 20, 2014 Scientists in the U.S. expect the rise in temperature in the Arctic by the end of the century will be more than six times greater than the globally agreed safety threshold. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Soot ‘Melted Alps Glaciers, Not Heat’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Sep 6, 2013 Pollution -- not rising temperatures -- is thought to have started melting the Alps of central Europe in the mid-19th century. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Earth’s Inner Heat Melts Greenland Ice

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Aug 18, 2013 Greenland’s icesheet is melting, at the surface and at its base, due to the normal warmth of an active rocky planet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Himalayas to Be Wetter and Warmer Over Next Century

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Aug 11, 2013 There have been dire warnings about melting glaciers in the Himalayas leading to falling flows in some of Asia’s major rivers. Now scientists are turning some of their original research on its head. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Greenland Faces ‘Modest’ but Risky Melt

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jul 10, 2013 Although scientists believe Greenland's contribution to sea level rise may be less than had been thought, they say the impacts could still be serious. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Glaciers Are Melting Slowly but Surely

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 22, 2013 Most of the world's glaciers are retreating more slowly than the few that are shrinking fast. But new research confirms that almost all of them are losing mass. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Canadian Glaciers Are Melting Fast

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 8, 2013 Many of the Canadian far north’s glaciers are likely to melt by the end of the century, making significant and irreversible sea-level rise inevitable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: James Balog

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 18, 2012 In "Chasing Ice," a new film on the disappearance of Arctic glaciers, author, award-winning photographer and reformed climate-change denier James Balog used time-lapse photography to capture global warming in progress.In a new film on the disappearance of Arctic glaciers, award-winning photographer and reformed climate-change denier James Balog used time-lapse photography to capture global warming in progress. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Massive Iceberg Cuts Loose From Greenland Glacier

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2012 A block of ice twice the size of Manhattan has broken loose from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland. Scientists were quick to say that no single event of this kind can be attributed to climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )