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Snow is blown off of the calving front off of Thurston Island in western Antarctica in this photo, taken in November 2014. New findings show the western side of Antarctica to be more vulnerable to warming oceans — and increased ice loss — than first thoug
A scientist’s response to Antarctic ice loss: ‘We can act.’
A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, March 6, 2007.
Environment
For polar bears, melting ice in the Arctic means less room to roam for food
A calving glacier off Greenland
Environment
A seven-year-old photo captures the thunderous changes in Arctic glacier melt
Ice scientists Ken Golden and Chris Polashenski drill a plastic tube into the Arctic ice cap north of Alaska as part of their research into melt ponds that form on the ice every spring. The ponds play a key role in the accellerated warming of the Arctic,
Environment
A scientist unlocks one of the mysteries of Arctic ice melt