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Greenland’s ice sheet is melting and being replaced by vegetation
An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometres of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records.
Scientists track rapid retreat of Antarctic glacier
Scientists are warning that apparently stable glaciers in the Antarctic can “switch very rapidly” and lose large quantities of ice as a result of warmer seas.
Over 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are smaller
71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release of 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater into the oceans, say scientists.
Antarctica’s glacial border migrates for miles with the tide
New measurements of how the boundary between onshore glaciers and floating ice shelves glides back and forth could help predict melting.
From running rivers to retreating glaciers: supporting World Water Week at Leeds
This World Water Week, we explore the Faculty of Environment's key research into water.