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Antarctica retreating across the sea floor
Antarctica’s great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has found.
Mapping the global impact of shrinking glaciers on river invertebrates
River invertebrates react the same way to decreasing glacier cover wherever in the world they are, say scientists.
Climate change could increase volcano eruptions
Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, warn scientists.
Greenland ice flow likely to speed up
Seismic surveys challenge the view that recent slowdowns in Greenland’s ice flow will continue in the long term, says a new study.
Drilling down into the mysteries of the world's highest glacier
Climate change scientists are heading to the Himalayas in a bid to become the first to successfully drill through the world's highest glacier.