Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger volcanic activity, creating a cycle that speeds up ice loss and sea-level rise. Scientists studying Earth ...

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions ... This process increases pressure on the walls of magma chambers, potentially triggering volcanic eruptions. The study highlights ...

and the ice is expected to continue melting into mid- to late-September. "We got very close to a record minimum last year," Seymour Laxon, professor of climate physics at University College London, ...

BUT THE ICE IS MELTING. FAST. THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE. IT’S OUTSTRIPPED THE GENERAL WARMING OF THE OCEAN, AND IT’S CONTRIBUTING MORE ...

Sea ice is frozen ocean water that has an annual cycle of melting during the summer and refreezing in winter. The sea ice floats on the ocean. The region reaches its maximum extent of sea ice in ...

Nevertheless, the seasonal melting and freezing of this ice still impacts the Martian environment ... hanging valleys on terraces along the crater wall interior that resemble post-glacial terrains ...