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Glaciers Rise and Fall—and Melt—with Tides

by Saima May Sidik 11 January 202411 January 2024

The effect of ocean water creeping beneath Greenland ice is stronger than scientists realized.

Scattered pieces of ice float in an icy sea. Snowy mountains and a cloudy sky are seen in the distance.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Seawater Dynamics in an Underexplored Antarctic Fjord

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 3 January 20243 January 2024

Wind is the major driver of salinity changes within the narrow, glacier-fed cove.

An expanse of textured white ice covered with narrow blue streams of water. At the right of the photo are wider branches; the ice in the left lower quadrant is covered by blue water, though its texture is still visible.
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The Winds of Change: Foehn Drive Intense Melt

by Suzanne Dodge 20 December 202330 January 2024

Atmospheric rivers on the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet are driving dry winds across northeastern Greenland, forcing extreme short-term melt.

A green tundra with patches of snow
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Another Record-Breaking Year in the Arctic Amplifies Calls for More Data

by Grace van Deelen 12 December 202313 December 2023

A downward spiral of the Arctic’s ecological health and climatic conditions continued in 2023, causing problems for people, plants, and animals, according to a new NOAA report.

Glaciar blanco azulado de superficie irregular, rodeado en primer plano por agua de mar y en el fondo por montañas nevadas de color oscuro.
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El estallido de burbujas acelera el deshielo de los glaciares

by Erin Martin-Jones 28 November 202328 November 2023

Tener en cuenta el efecto burbuja podría mejorar las estimaciones sobre el deshielo de los glaciares submarinos y prever mejor su contracción a medida que se calientan los océanos.

A man wearing a blue life vest stands knee deep in water to collect a water sample downstream of the large glacier in the background.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Measuring Carbon’s Flow from Land to Sea

by Rebecca Owen 21 November 202321 November 2023

A new study catalogs how dissolved inorganic carbon moves through southeast Alaska’s waterways.

Llamas walking along a rocky landscape in front of a retreating glacier in Cordillera Blanca, northern Peru.
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How Llama Poop Is Helping an Andean Community Adapt to Melting Glaciers

by Sofia Moutinho 9 November 202317 November 2023

Reintroducing these animals can enrich barren soils and potentially reduce water contamination, a study shows.

Jagged-surfaced blue-white glacier, surrounded in the foreground by seawater and in the background by dark colored, snowcapped mountains
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Popping Bubbles Make Glaciers Melt Faster

by Erin Martin-Jones 25 October 202328 November 2023

Accounting for the newfound bubble effect could improve estimates of how sea-terminating glaciers melt underwater—and better anticipate their shrinkage as oceans warm.

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Digitally Preserving Svalbard’s Fragile Geology

by Bill Morris 18 October 202318 October 2023

A team of researchers is making the iconic rock outcrops of Svalbard available to the world through an open-source database of virtual geological models.

Photo of snow-topped mountains surrounded by water.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Melting Glaciers as a Source of Lead in Coastal Waters

by Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 13 October 202312 October 2023

New experiments show how lead circulates through glaciers, meltwater, and sediments in polar environments.

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