Recreated Photo Shows 100 Years of Glacier Retreat: 'I Was Shaking'
Photographer Neill Drake has recreated a photo from 1918 to show the melting of the Norwegian Blomstrandbreen Glacier.
Sea Levels Will Rise in 30 Years by Same Risen in Last 100 Years: Report
"Failing to curb future emissions will cause even greater impact to Americans," warned NOAA administrator Richard Spinrad.
Mission to Antarctica Glacier Could Show How Much Sea Levels Will Rise
Thwaites glacier in Antarctica is melting, adding about 50 billion tons of ice into the sea every year.
Climate Change Model Projection Predicts Earth Will Be Alien to Humans
Scientists found that if greenhouse emissions are not limited areas with rich vegetation could become barren, and some coastal regions could disappear altogether.
Coral Reef Islands May Not Be Doomed by Sea Level Rise, Scientists Say
New findings could have implications for how coral reef island communities adapt to climate change and rising sea levels.
Some Coastal U.S. Cities Could Experience Flooding Every Day by 2100
Researchers predict that today's "once-in-a-lifetime" extreme water levels may be reached every year in 70 percent of U.S. coastal regions by 2050.
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier 'Has Got Three Guns Pointed Right At It'
Channels of warm water are merging under Thwaites glacier, new research shows.
Vast North Sea Dam Could Theoretically Protect Europe from Sea Level Rise
"It might be impossible to truly fathom the magnitude of the threat that global-mean sea level rise poses," researchers wrote in a study.
How Charleston S.C. Is Working to Save Itself From Climate Change
With rising seas and flooding streets, the city is among the most vulnerable in America to global warming.
Ancient Rock Art May Tell Stories From Period of Dramatic Sea Level Rise
Using carbon extracted from wasp nests, scientists were able to date Australian rock art to a period of sea level rise and social disruption.
The Ocean Floor is Sinking Due to Climate Change
The ocean floor is sinking under the weight of climate change and calculations to determine sea level rise don't take that fact into equation. Researchers propose a new, more accurate method instead.
Antarctica Faces Irreversible Glacial Melt 200 Years After Discovery
The 27 January marks the first time the Antarctica mainland was seen with human eyes. Two hundred years later and it approaches a tipping point of irreversible glacial melt.
Ancient Wall to Protect Village from Sea-Level Rise 7,000 Years Ago Found
The 330-foot-long structure was created with boulders from a river over a mile away.
This is What the Arctic is Going to Look Like if the World Gets 2 C Warmer
A draws on the expertise of 15 researchers from different disciplines to predict what a warming world will mean for the Earth's polar regions.
Arctic Lake Drains Five Million Cubic Meters of Water in Just Five Hours
A fracture allowed the surface water to be transported to the land beneath the Arctic ice.
First Evidence of Key Antarctic Ice Loss Driver Uncovered
Floating ice shelves that encircle mainland Antarctica have been thinning in recent years, but the effect this has had on ice loss from the continent's interior has remained unclear.
Back to the Future: Climate Change May Cause Sea Levels to Rise by 65 Feet
The Pliocene, 3 million years ago, was the last time atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were above 400 parts per million.
Over 65,000 Supraglacial Lakes Discovered on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
This is the first time researchers have attempted to map out the number of lakes lying on the surface of the ice sheet during peak melt season.
Want to Fight Climate Change? Listen to Young People of Color
If the primarily wealthy, white activists gathering in New York really want to fight the climate crisis, they should hear what we have to say.
Antarctica Ice Shelf Has Thinned by up to 23 Percent Since 1970s
Thwaites Glacier—which is about the same size as Florida—contains enough ice on its own to raise global sea levels by about two feet if it all melts.
Mystery Stretch of Pacific Is Not Warming Like the Rest of World's Waters
The "equatorial cold tongue" extends from Peru far into the western Pacific, across around a quarter of the Earth's circumference.
Greenland Will Be Ice-free by the Year 3000 If We Don't Reduce Emissions
Researchers ran hundreds of simulations for different climate scenarios to see how the ice will respond in the coming centuries.
There is a Far More Urgent Reason to Impeach Trump: Climate Change
Nature doesn't do subpoenas: it does tornadoes, floods, wildfires and droughts. No leader can stonewall it.
Sea Level Rise Could Reach 50 Feet by 2300
Around 11 percent of the world's 7.6 billion people currently live in areas less than 33 feet above sea level.
Huge Artificial Wall Could Save Antarctica Glacier
Scientists propose radical geoengineering plan to slow down the collapse of ice sheets.
Climate Domino Effect Could Lead to 'Hothouse Earth'
"We don't test the hull of a ship by ramming progressively larger icebergs until we find one that will break it."
Rising Seas Could Cost $14 Trillion Annually by 2100
More than 600 million people live in low-elevation coastal areas, less than 30 feet above sea level.
Antarctica Has Lost 3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice Since '92
Knowing how much ice Antarctica is losing is critical to understanding how climate change will affect humanity both now and in the future.
Pacific Coast's Wetlands Threatened by Sea Level Rise
Southern California's marsh habitat will be devastated even under a low sea level rise scenario.
Sea Level Rise Has Rapidly Accelerated Since 1993
Satellite data over 25 years confirms what climate models had predicted.