Alarming photos show how Iceland glacier has shrunk in 30 years

Photographs taken in 1989 and 2020 by a father and son reveal how Vatnajökull, one of Europe’s biggest glaciers, has shrunk by about 150 square miles (400 square kilometres) due to climate change.   Dr Kieran Baxter from the University of Dundee followed his father’s footsteps to Iceland more than 30 years on to recreate photos … Read more

Chinese scientists put blankets over a glacier to prevent it from melting amid global warming 

Chinese scientists put BLANKETS over an endangered glacier to prevent it from melting amid global warming Researchers put sheets over part of Dagu Glacier in an experiment last year The method can prevent masses of ice from melting as quickly, the team said The cover blocks solar radiation and heat exchange on the glacier’s surface Swiss people … Read more

Melting glacier in Alaska could trigger a catastrophic tsunami ‘within the next year’, experts warn

Melting glacier in Alaska could trigger a catastrophic tsunami ‘within the next year’ that would release millions of tons of rock on a nearby town, scientists warn An open letter signed by 14 experts warn a tsunami could soon occur in Alaska  A retreating glacier is supporting an unstable mountain slope east of Anchorage Warming … Read more

Viking’s 1,500-year-old arrowhead discovered after climate change melts Norwegian glacier

Viking’s 1,500-year-old arrowhead that was preserved in ice is discovered after climate change melts Norwegian glacier Archaeologist uncovered a 1,500-year-old iron arrowhead in the Norway glacier Jotunheimen This team investigates melting glaciers in the country to find such  relics – they have found more than 2,000 The arrowhead  dates back to the Germanic Iron Age, is seven … Read more

Stunning drone footage of the Vatnajökull glacier, which covers nine per cent of Iceland

Breathtaking drone footage shows the stunning landscape of Europe’s largest glacier, which covers nine per cent of Iceland Stefano Tiozzo filmed a series of unique aerial images of the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland earlier this year  It is the largest ice cap in Europe by volume and at its deepest point it is 1,000 metres … Read more

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier at risk of collapse and may lead to sea levels rising by two feet

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier has warm water from three directions well under it threatening to destroy the ice sheet and raise global sea levels by up to two feet. A team of scientists from Oregon State University made the most of ice free waters in West Antarctica to look under the glacier – which is about … Read more