Somewhere, looming in the darkness, was LeConte Glacier. The towering face of ice dwarfed a small fishing vessel — the Steller — that came from nearby Petersburg, Alaska. Aboard were 12 scientists and ...
As marine-terminating glaciers melt, the resulting freshwater is released at the seafloor, which mixes with salty seawater ...
2024 is on track to be one of the warmest years, if not the warmest, in recorded history. That’s bad news for the world’s glaciers. Rising temperatures in the atmosphere and the oceans are causing ...