Alaska glaciers may hit irreversible melting point sooner than expected, study finds
Glacier melt is a major contributor to rising sea levels, a threat to coastal settlements worldwide.
Fri Jul 05 2024
WIDER IMAGE - For islanders, India's election is about climate change, survival
The residents of Ghoramara are fighting to save their homes from disappearing into the sea in the face of rising sea levels.
Sat Jun 01 2024
Corpse of man missing for 52 years found on Austrian glacier
The corpse was discovered by two hikers in the area of the Hochgruberkees at about 2,800 metres above sea level, according to police.
Tue Sep 12 2023
Ice sheets could retreat faster than expected: study
Antartic ice-sheets risk breaking into the sea in stretches of up to 600 metres a day, speeding up the rise in sea levels, research reveals.
Wed Apr 12 2023
Ice age data raises new concerns about future ice melt, rising sea levels
A new study, looking back to the last ice age thousands of years ago, has revealed an alarming rate of ice melt.
Thu Apr 06 2023
Archaeologists discover passageways in 3,000-year-old Peruvian temple
Located 3,200 meters above sea level, at least 35 underground passageways have been found over the years of excavations.
Tue May 31 2022
Mountain glaciers hold less ice than thought, and that's bad news
The new estimate lowers the potential contribution of glaciers to sea level rise from about 33 to 26 centimetres (13 to 10 inches).
Wed Feb 09 2022
EXPLAINER - Scientists struggle to monitor Tonga volcano after massive eruption
The explosion destroyed its sea-level crater and drowned its mass, obscuring it from satellites.
Mon Jan 17 2022
Pulau Lang Tengah via ferrata a magnet for extreme sports enthusiasts
The trail is just 200-metre long and 80 metres above sea level, but it promises a rare experience for climbers, Chong said.
Thu Sep 30 2021
Asian, tropical coastlines most vulnerable to rising seas - Study
Tropical nations will face more coastal inundation from a rise in sea levels due to climate change than other countries.
Wed Jun 30 2021
Tokyo, as you've never seen it before
A miniaturised 1:1,000 scale version of one of the world's biggest capitals, displaying everything from sea levels to population densities.
Thu Apr 08 2021
21 dead, more than 700 injured in earthquake in Turkey
Sea levels rose before the tsunami hit the Seferihisar district in western Izmir, flooding residential areas.
Sat Oct 31 2020
Earth's ice sheets tracking worst-case climate scenarios
Ice sheets have failed to account for short-term fluctuations in weather patterns that are, themselves, deeply influenced by climate change.
Wed Sep 02 2020
Giant Antarctic ice shelves facing fracture risk: Study
Floating ice shelves from the worlds largest ice sheet into the sea, could split if fractures are flooded by meltwater as the climate warms.
Thu Aug 27 2020
'Canary in the coal mine': Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
If all of Greenland's ice goes, the water released would push sea levels up by an average of 6 meters enough to swamp coastal cities.
Mon Aug 17 2020