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Global Study Counts Glacier Extinctions, Finding 1,000 Disappear Each Year

A new inventory assigns lifespans to every glacier and shows losses accelerate with each fraction of a degree of warming.

Study Warns of Mid-Century Peak in Glacier Loss, With 2,000–4,000 Disappearing Each Year

Study Finds Record Retreat of Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier

Scientists Date Antarctica’s Oldest Ice and Air to 6 Million Years at Allan Hills

Oldest Directly Dated Ice Found in Antarctica Is 6 Million Years Old

Study Finds Sierra Nevada Glaciers Have Endured Since the Ice Age Yet Could Vanish This Century

NASA Images Confirm New Island in Alaska’s Glacier Bay as Alsek Glacier Pulls Back

WMO Report: Global Water Cycle Is Growing More Erratic as Droughts and Floods Intensify

Arctic Sea Ice Hits 2025 Minimum, Tying 10th-Lowest Extent on Record

NASA Images Show Alaska’s Prow Knob Has Become an Island as Alsek Glacier Retreats

Italian Researcher Missing After Being Swept Into Mendenhall Glacier Moulin

Megaberg A23a Rapidly Disintegrates, Loses Crown as Largest Iceberg

Study Finds Pamir-Karakoram Glacier Resilience Likely Ending

Monsoon Shifts Are Accelerating High Mountain Asia’s Glacier Loss, Satellite Study Finds

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Entered an Abrupt Regime Shift, Nature Study Finds

Nature Review Finds Abrupt, Interlinked Antarctic Shifts With Global Consequences

Svalbard’s 2024 Heatwave Wiped Out 1% of Its Ice, PNAS Study Finds

Record Mendenhall Glacier Flood Triggers Evacuations and Emergency Barriers in Juneau

DNA Confirms Identity of British Meteorologist Recovered From Antarctic Glacier

Study Reveals Perito Moreno Glacier’s Fastest Retreat in a Century