These images, snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on January 1, show pools of pale blue meltwater peppered across the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. This melting comes despite ...

Greenland’s melting ice is a stark reminder of the urgency of climate action. The real-time observations from space are not just a testament to technological progress—they are a call to act ...

The melting of Antarctic ice sheets is linked to more intense and frequent volcanic eruptions, as found by recent research. Reduced ice mass alleviates pressure on magma chambers beneath the ...

New satellite images show the extreme melting that has taken place on the critical Greenland ice sheet, according to researchers. The sheet is a mass of glacial land ice and is an integral part of ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea ...

New satellite images show the extreme melting that has taken place on the critical Greenland ice sheet ... The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking news brand, providing global news ...

While glaciers in the Alps have been retreating since the end of the Ice Age, the pace of their melting has accelerated ... False-color Landsat satellite images showcase the heavily visited ...

New satellite images show the extreme melting that has taken place on the critical Greenland ice sheet, according to researchers. The sheet is a mass of glacial land ice and is an integral part of ...

The fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees found beneath a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region were once part of an ancient forest that thrived for centuries before disappearing ...