Melting Ice

The retreat of glaciers since 1850 affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and, in the longer term, the level of the oceans.

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Green Energy Is Getting a Boost from Iceland’s Melting Ice

Ancient Arrow Is Among Artifacts to Emerge From Norway’s Melting Ice

Melting ice cores on frozen worlds could speed up the search for alien life

Greenland Ice Sheet Warmest In At Least 1,000 Years As Scientists Warn Melting Ice Will Accelerate Sea-Level Rise

NASA Figured Out How To Weigh Greenland—And Documented Massive Weight Loss From Melting Ice

3-bladed arrowhead 'last touched by Vikings' revealed by melting ice patch

Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Will Cause Major Sea-Level Rise

Sea Levels Will Rise 10 Inches—No Matter What—By 2100 Because Of Greenland’s Melting Ice, Study Suggests

A Foot of Sea Level Rise From Greenland's Melting Ice May Already Be Locked in

Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia

Oldest shoe in Norway, dating to 3,000 years ago, recovered from melting ice patch

Climate change reveals unique artifacts in melting ice patches

Melting ice in a Norwegian alpine pass reveals a 1,500-year-old shoe | The shoe is one of hundreds of artifacts that trace ancient paths through the mountains.

Melting ice caps may not shut down ocean current

Into the Ice review: An unmissable look at Greenland's melting ice

Scientists Uncover How Water Temperature Affects the Shape of Melting Ice

Scientists uncover how the shape of melting ice depends on water temperature

Mathematicians Finally Prove That Melting Ice Stays Smooth

What’s Emerging From the Melting Ice?

Using Solar Radio Signals to Monitor Melting Ice Sheets