As mighty glaciers melt in the Arctic, new research finds million-year-old methane gas trapped beneath the ice is surfacing, with a potential to further warm the planet. "Glacial retreat is the big ...

Glaciers in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic circle, are expected to lose ice at roughly double the current rate by the end of the century even if the world meets its climate targets.

The remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost settlement in the world, have been called a canary in the coal mine of climate change, warming more than two times faster than other ...

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the first time—and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years. The ...

Twila A. Moon is at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA. Read the paper: ...

Glacier cave on Svalbard, Norway. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Gabrielle Kleber. Scientists working in one of the world’s fastest-warming places found that rapidly retreating glaciers are triggering the ...

Tian Li receives funding from the European Commission. Jonathan Bamber receives funding from the UK Natural Environment and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councils, the European Commission ...

The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate, causing glaciers to shrink faster than ever. Svalbard, an Arctic Archipelago that is part of Norway, lies roughly halfway between the country’s ...

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