"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 ...
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.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast to see towering ice formations ...
Fifteen years ago, scientists were worried most about the Andes and the Patagonia glaciers, but the Alps have shrunk so fast they could eventually disappear ...
May 12, 2022 May 12, 2022 Updated Jun 16, 2023 Alaska is undergoing a dynamic ... the combination of ice jams and snow melt is leading to flooding in communities around the state.
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 ...