Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. This has such serious consequences that March 21 has been declared World Glacier Day to raise awareness.

Glaciers generally have a cooling effect on the microclimate of their surroundings. However, this effect is only weakl for small glaciers, which is another reason why the glaciers in the Alps and ...

In an interdisciplinary cooperation project of the EU-projects FACE-IT, ECOTIP, and SEA-Quester, scientists investigated the ...

New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the ...

Türkiye, examined impact of atmospheric rivers on temperature records and sudden glacier melting in Antarctica - Anadolu ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

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New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30 per cent of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains is disappearing at an accelerating ...

Consequently, snow, glaciers, and permafrost are melting ... the researchers analyzed how different run-off rates affect the kelp microbiome. The microbiome is highly important for the ecological ...