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Newly Drilled Ice Cores May Be The Longest Taken From The Andes
Researchers spent two months
this summer high in the
Peruvian Andes and brought
back two cores, the longest
ever drilled from ice fields
... > full story
NASA Ice Campaign Takes Flight In Antarctica
Early in the 20th century, a
succession of adventurers
and scientists pioneered the
exploration of Antarctica. A
century later, they're still
at it, albeit with a diffe ... > full story
Lasers From Space Show Thinning Of Greenland And Antarctic Ice Sheets
The most comprehensive
picture of the rapidly
thinning glaciers along the
coastline of both the
Antarctic and Greenland ice
... > full story
Egg-shaped Legacy Of Britain's Mobile Ice-sheet
The ice sheets that sculpted
the landscape of Northern
Britain moved in unexpected
ways and left distinctive
egg-shaped features,
according to new research. ... > full story
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Experts Urge Year-round Research On Arctic And Global Warming
September 11, 2009 — Arctic and Antarctic research teams pulled back to warmer climates when the International Polar Year wrapped last March. But the call has gone out for a return to the poles for a more focused ... > full story -
Scientists Seek New Emphases In Arctic Climate Change Research
September 10, 2009 — Much of circumpolar Arctic research focuses on the physical, direct changes resulting from climate warming such as sea ice retreat and temperature increases. "What's understudied is the living ... > full story -
Shrinking Bylot Island Glaciers Tell Story Of Climate Change
September 9, 2009 — University of Illinois geologist William Shilts has spent nearly two decades studying glaciers on Bylot Island, an uninhabited island about 300 miles southwest of Thule, Greenland. He, his students ... > full story -
New Research Provides Insight Into Ice Sheet Behavior
August 10, 2009 — A new study takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. They describe how a new 3-D map created from radar ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Snow Roots Are 'Evolutionary Phenomenon'
August 4, 2009 — It may not be the Yeti, but in a remote region of the Russian mountains a previously unknown and entirely unique form of plant root has been ... > full story -
Desert Dust Alters Ecology Of Colorado Alpine Meadows
July 5, 2009 — Accelerated snowmelt -- precipitated by desert dust blowing into the mountains -- changes how alpine plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles, according to a new study. ... > full story -
Did Melting Snow Shape America's Southern Rocky Mountains?
July 2, 2009 — Is it possible that something as insubstantial and transitory as snow could be responsible for large scale vertical movements of Earth's surface and the excavation of deeply incised ... > full story -
Move Any Mountain: New Research Tracks Track Snowmelt Accurately
May 18, 2009 — Water is constantly being moved about our planet. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes how water changes from liquid to solid to vapor and how it is stored in a variety of places: under the ... > full story -
Warming Climate Is Affecting Cascades Snowpack In Pacific Northwest
May 15, 2009 — There has been recent disagreement about the snowpack decline in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but new research leaves little doubt that a warmer climate has a significant effect on ... > full story -
Measuring Snow With A Bucket, A Windmill, And The Sun? Government Goes Off The Power Grid In Maine
May 9, 2009 — In Maine, government scientists have figured out how to measure snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun -- all the while saving money, energy, and, ultimately helping to ... > full story
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