"The warm temperatures caused existing snow and ice to melt and new precipitation to fall as rain." As climate change heats up the planet, Arctic regions such as Alaska are experiencing dramatic ...

Alaska’s Juneau Icefield is melting at an alarming rate, losing 50,000 gallons per second. Scientists warn of irreversible ...

Researchers concluded that the world’s glaciers have lost about 5% of their ice since 2000 – and that they’re melting faster than ever. But Alaska takes the cake. The report says the state ...

"The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic ...

On Alaska’s Harding Icefield ... tinge on the ice from those microbial residents helps explain why the ice sheet is melting faster than expected from climate change alone.

Mount Spurr near Anchorage has been showing signs of unrest for a year. Now scientists think it's creeping closer to an ...

The archaeological site of Nunalleq on the southwest coast of Alaska preserves a fateful moment ... of the Earth now known as the Little Ice Age—that coincided with Nunalleq’s occupation.

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time the ...

Nothing happened for weeks. Then suddenly Alaska started to warm, and on the webcam I could see ice melting on the river. And just as they said, the upstream river broke first. Quickly ...

The ARCSIX plane flew in the summer of 2024, from May until July 25, when seasonal sea ice melt was at its height ... kilometers),an area bigger than Alaska, Texas, California and Montana combined ...