cryosphere

Here’s What Greenland Will Look Like Once All the Ice Melts

Greenland has melted all the way to bedrock before, and it could happen again—especially if we keep pouring carbon into the air like there’s no tomorrow. Now, scientists have released a detailed map showing what the vast ice island would look like if it shed all of its ice. A disturbing prospect, but the images…

Earther Maddie Stone Dec 15

Why Is Greenland’s Ice Sheet Covered in Industrial Waste-Chowing Bacteria?

The Greenland ice sheet is vast, majestic, pristine….and peppered with bacteria that seem equipped to survive in industrial waste, according to a new study. Which really makes you question the whole the pristine bit, now, doesn’t it? In fact, scientists know that industrial contaminants, including heavy metals, pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), have been accumulating…

Health Maddie Stone Jul 12

These Antarctic Glaciers Are Melting at a ‘Staggering’ Rate

On an forbidding shoreline at the bottom of the world, the prodigious ice sheets of West Antarctica dead-end in the Amundsen sea. For decades, scientists have been monitoring this interface of rock, ice and ocean, in order to understand how quickly it’ll retreat as the planet warms up. A new study shows that three of…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Oct 25

Enormous, Mysterious Ice Avalanches Strike Tibet

When the first deadly avalanche struck the Aru Range in Tibet on July 17th, scientists were puzzled. But when a second enormous ice slide occurred just a few kilometers south and two months later, they were shocked. Two of the largest glacial avalanches on record have sent rock and ice spilling down a valley in…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Oct 21

Dramatic Visualizations Show Just How Quickly the Arctic Is Melting

On September 10th, the Arctic hit its annual summertime ice minimum. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, it was the second lowest summertime low since satellite record-keeping began. And as a series of new visualizations show, this trend is not going anywhere. The Arctic is the fastest-warming region of our planet today,…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Sep 20

This Year’s Record Arctic Melt Is a Problem For Everybody

If your life has felt like a hot mess this year, you’re not alone. Same goes for the Arctic, which month after month has seen its ice cover contract to new lows. By late September, Arctic sea ice may reach its lowest extent since satellite record-keeping began. And that’s got scientists in a tizzy, because…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 19

Arctic Sea Ice Hit a Forty-Year Low This Winter

The National Snow and Ice Data Center has just released the results of its latest analysis of Arctic sea ice. Surprise—the prognosis is not good. The maximum extent of Arctic sea ice occurred early this year, and, at 5.61 million square miles, was the smallest in four decades. The map above shows the Arctic sea…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Mar 22

How to Make Spheres of Ice That Get You Drunk

We humans love to eat, and we love to drink. So it’s no surprise that we’re always trying to come up with solid forms of alcohol, to eat what we can drink. Alcoholic ice cream, dippin’ dots, molecular mixology, and jello shots are all means to this end. So, when we heard about edible ice…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 15

NASA’s 2009 Cryosphere Video Is Really Cool, Literally

Did you know that there is something called "cryosphere" on this little blue gem called Earth? I didn’t. And I didn’t know that seeing it animated from thousands of satellite high definition photographs could look so cool. The cryosphere are the parts of the Earth’s surface which are covered with water in solid form. It…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 2

Here’s What Greenland Will Look Like Once All the Ice Melts

Why Is Greenland’s Ice Sheet Covered in Industrial Waste-Chowing Bacteria?

These Antarctic Glaciers Are Melting at a ‘Staggering’ Rate

Enormous, Mysterious Ice Avalanches Strike Tibet

Dramatic Visualizations Show Just How Quickly the Arctic Is Melting

This Year’s Record Arctic Melt Is a Problem For Everybody

Arctic Sea Ice Hit a Forty-Year Low This Winter

How to Make Spheres of Ice That Get You Drunk

NASA’s 2009 Cryosphere Video Is Really Cool, Literally

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