New Permafrost Is Forming Around Arctic Lakes

New Permafrost Is Forming Around Arctic Lakes

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and McGill University have found here is new permafrost forming around Twelvemile Lake in the interior of Alaska.  Twelvemile Lake, and many others…
Antarctic Ice Sheet - It's Never Been Very Stable

Antarctic Ice Sheet - It's Never Been Very Stable

Evidence for massive and abrupt iceberg calving in Antarctica dating back 19,000 to 9,000 years ago is based on an analysis of new, long deep sea sediment cores extracted from the region between the…
West Antarctic Glacier Loss Worst In 40 Years

West Antarctic Glacier Loss Worst In 40 Years

Multiple lines of evidence incorporating 40 years of observations that six massive glaciers in the Amundsen Sea sector "have passed the point of no return", a worrisome sign for melting of the West…
Is Sea Level Rise Accelerating?

Is Sea Level Rise Accelerating?

Sea levels are always changing, they always have. We can't count how many glaciers there are because the number is different every year. But the big question is if sea level rise is inceasing or,…