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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Landsat 9 satellite onboard launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021.
Science & Technology
Landsat 9 will capture satellite images of a radically changing Earth, NASA scientist says
Several rescue workers are shown standing in the muddy collapse of a dam with several pieces of large wood sticking up from the ground.
Top of The World
India glacier collapse leaves more than 100 missing
Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 15, 2020.
Environment
Climate change deeply affects the entire planet — including Mount Everest
a wooden bit in a palm
History
This once-frozen pass is a trove of Viking artifacts. Now, there’s a race to preserve them.
Researchers aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer gather on the ship’s bridge to view one of the first icebergs they encountered.
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica Dispatch 3: The ship’s first encounters with icebergs
Nathaniel B Palmer in port
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica Dispatch 1: Gearing up and shipping out
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Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
What Thwaites Glacier can tell us about the future of West Antarctica
Two men stand on rocky land as mountains and snow stretch out behind them. One holds a drill of some kind and is drilling into the rock.
If the Greenland ice sheet melts, what happens to New York City? This reporter went to find out.
Thwaites Glacier
Environment
Just how unstable is the massive Thwaites glacier? Scientists are about to find out.
Scientists setting up GPS sensors to measure "accelerated uplift" in Iceland.
Environment
Melting glaciers lift Iceland — literally
Environment
A new report confirms that Antarctica is melting–still slowly, but twice as fast as four years ago
Environment
This story is about tropical skiing, climate change and turning lemons into lemonade
Environment
Climate disruption and sea level rise
Environment
Climate change enhances risks of glacial lakes flooding mountain communities
Environment
Huge ice island breaks off of Greenland glacier
Environment
Himalayan mountain glaciers show signs of global warming
Environment
Measuring the Impact of Bhutan’s Melting Glaciers
Arts, Culture & Media
High Art in the Himalayas
Scientists Discover Sub-Glacial Lake
Environment
Times Atlas erroneously depicts Greenland land erosion
Blog: Lima’s Future Water Shortage
Environment
Greenland ice sheets melting faster than predicted
FREEZE! The Great Ice Heist
Heinz Winner
Comic Relief for Climate Change
Melting at the Top of the World
National Parks and Climate Change
Early Signs: Melting Ice Caps in Ecuador
Greenland’s Ice Melt
Environment
The end: how much is left?
Environment
Ducks brave Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier in the name of science
Environment
Moon over Kilimanjaro
Arts, Culture & Media
India: glaciers recede, rivers threatened
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Jules Verne’s take on Icelandic glaciers
Arts, Culture & Media
Ice breaks off glacier in New Zealand