Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
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Research roundup: pollinators, plastic waste and permafrost
From a mountain of ice to new ways of recycling plastic, we round up some of the latest geographical research
Permanent damage set to occur to the world’s cryosphere if warming exceeds 1.5°C, report finds
Even in scenarios where global warming remains at 1.5°C, ice loss will continue for millennia A report has revealed the…
Phenomena: Antarctica’s hidden landscape
Scientists are uncovering ancient rivers, mountains and vast canyons hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice, revealing clues about the continent’s past and its future in a warming world
Just three per cent of the world’s glaciers account for more than half of glacier ice loss
Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves lose 134 billion tonnes of ice per year
World’s largest glacier melting faster than anticipated, study finds
New research finds Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica could add twice as much to global sea levels than scientists previously understood
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
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