Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Glaciers
Greenland Ice Sheet cracking more amid climate change, new study reveals
Large-scale study finds crevasse sizes on Greenland ice sheet increasing in size and depth – and may cause more rapid loss of ice from region
The top five largest individual glaciers in the world
Discover the top five largest individual glaciers on the planet – a ranking scientists have only recently been able to accurately produce
Africa’s final glaciers will melt away by 2040
With the effects of climate change wreaking havoc on the continent, Africa faces the loss of its three glaciers in just a few decades.
Himalayan glaciers are fighting back against global warming
Surprising research finds Himalayan glaciers might be slowing down the effects of climate change
Disappearing ice of the Pyrenees
Vanishing waterfalls and glacier free summits. The Pyrenees mountains are on the frontline of climate change.
The vanishing ice
New data reveals a dramatic loss of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, as well as shrinking glaciers in the Swiss Alps, due to climate change.
Shining a light on Earth’s shrinking ice sheets
The demise of Britain’s last ice sheet holds clues to future sea-level rise, geographer Geraint Jenkins explains to Bryony Cottam
As glaciers retreat, what will happen to the land left behind?
Glacial retreat will leave large amounts of empty space behind. One group of scientists has analysed ways these new landscapes could be used
Glaciers may store less water than we once thought
The world’s glaciers contain less ice than previously thought, a concern for global communities that rely on glacial meltwater
Searching for answers to South America’s shrinking glaciers
With air particles now known to exacerbate glacier melt, Matt Maynard scales Chile's Marmolejo stratovolcano to fill his rucksack with snow
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