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At the pilgrimage site of Kedarnath in northern India, disastrous flooding has led many to ask whether the gods are getting angry about human behavior.
Climate change is causing increasingly severe weather – but it’s not just hazards at the Earth’s surface we should be concerned about.
Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.
Icebergs don’t just pose a risk to ships – they have a profound impact on the natural world and human societies.
To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Temperature rise of more than 1℃ pushes us towards irreversible climate tipping points, yet Earth is 1.2℃ warmer than in pre-industrial times.
Meltwater rivers in the European Alps will change as glaciers melt – threatening animals that are vital for alpine ecosystems with habitat loss.
Seafloor landforms reveal that ice sheets can collapse at 600 metres per day.
Scientists used satellites to map tens of thousands of glacial landforms in Antarctica’s highest mountains.
Mountain systems are sensitive to climate change. Loss of snow and ice sets off effects which have wide ranging consequences.
Often thought of as eternal, mountains are vulnerable to climate change and tourism. To protect them, they should be recognised for their cultural values, not just their natural characteristics.
Switzerland’s glaciers just lost 6% of their ice in a single year.
Rising temperatures and extreme weather pose an existential threat to many UNESCO World Heritage sites, but widespread discussion is needed for meaningful change.
Researchers from the University of Oslo have drilled to the bottom of the Kongsvegen glacier. Find out why and how they are listening to the destabilisation of Arctic glaciers: The MAMMAMIA project.
If and when the Thwaites Glacier melts, it will result in nearly 0.6 metres of sea level rise, but it holds back another three metres of sea level rise lurking within the Antarctic continent. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Climate change will increase the frequency of both floods and droughts in Pakistan. To address these challenges, enhancing infrastructure, building dams and educating the public are necessary.
Antarctica’s ice shelves have helped insulate it from dangerous levels of ice loss. But this is changing.
The findings underscore the urgency of limiting global warming to below 1.5℃, to avert the most catastrophic climate harms.
The Earth has had at least five major ice ages, and humans showed up in time for the most recent one. In fact, we’re still in it.
Top contributors
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Professor of Geography and the Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
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Professor, Geography, University of Aberdeen
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Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Southern Hemisphere Climates and Environments, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Climate Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
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Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona
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Professor of Glaciology and Earth Observation, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Change, University of Dundee
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PhD Researcher, Aberystwyth University
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Reader in Physical Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Research Fellow in the Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Researcher, ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor of Glaciology, Arctic Five Chair, Fulbright Scholar, University of Tromsø
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Emeritus Professor, Environmental Science, James Cook University
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Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, University of Tasmania
