Skip to content
  • Science
  • Politics
  • Justice & Health
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • ICN Local
  • Projects
  • About Us
Inside Climate News
Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonpartisan reporting on the biggest crisis facing our planet.
Donate
Election 2024: What's at Stake for the Climate

Search

  • Science
  • Politics
  • Justice & Health
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • ICN Local
  • Projects
  • About Us
  • Newsletters
  • Contact Us

Topics

  • Activism
  • Arctic
  • Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Business & Finance
  • Climate Law & Liability
  • Climate Treaties
  • Denial & Misinformation
  • Environment & Health
  • Extreme Weather
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Fracking
  • Nuclear
  • Pipelines
  • Plastics
  • Regulation
  • Super-Pollutants
  • Water/Drought
  • Wildfires

Information

  • About
  • Jobs & Freelance
  • Reporting Network
  • Whistleblowers
  • Memberships
  • Ways to Give
  • Fellows & Fellowships

Publications

  • E-Books
  • Documents

Arctic

‘Grim Outlook’ for Thwaites Glacier

A new science briefing from an international research team can’t rule out some of the worst-case sea level rise scenarios, including six feet by 2100.

By Bob Berwyn

The Thwaites Glacier and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be lost by the 23rd century. Credit: Rob Larter/BAS

When a Glacier Melts, What Does It Leave Behind?

By Kiley Price

University of Vermont researcher Halley Mastro examines fossilized remnants of willow, fungi and moss spores found beneath a two-mile deep layer of ice in Greenland. Credit: University of Vermont

New Study Reveals Signs of an Ancient Tundra Ecosystem Beneath Greenland’s Thickest Ice

By Bob Berwyn

New research showing previously unmapped areas of meltwater on the surface Antarctic ice shelves raises concerns about the large-scale disintegration of those floating shelves. Credit: Sergio Pitamitz/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Study Maps Giant Slush Zones as New Threat to Antarctic Ice

By Bob Berwyn

A view of Lake Palcacocha, a glacier lake in the Peruvian Andes near Huaraz on May 23, 2022. Credit: Angela Ponce/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Glaciers in Peru’s Central Andes Might Be Gone by 2050s, Study Says

By Alexa Robles-Gil

A decline of Antarctic sea ice will affect the entire food chain by changing the availability of plankton and krill, and in some cases, crowding animals closer together. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica

By Bob Berwyn

The team of researchers studied this field site location of the Austrian Alps in August 2018. Credit: Arthur Broadbent

Reduced Snow Cover and Shifting Vegetation Are Disrupting Alpine Ecosystems, Study Finds

By Moriah McDonald

U.N. delegates follow the day's proceedings during the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee's third meeting to formulate an international legally binding plastics treaty in Nairobi, Kenya on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

As Plastic Treaty Delegates Head to Canada, A Plea From the Arctic: Don’t Forget Vulnerable Indigenous Peoples

By James Bruggers

The Wamme river is seen at a low level during the European heatwave on Aug 10, 2022 in Rochefort, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

By Bob Berwyn

Thwaites Glacier ice cliffs can be several hundred feet high, with an area of ice nearly the size of Nebraska behind. Credit James Kirkham

New Research from Antarctica Affirms the Threat of the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ but Funding to Keep Studying It Is Running Out

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of melting glaciers in Scoresby Fjord near Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland on Aug. 21, 2023. Credit: Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images

A New Study Revealed Big Underestimates of Greenland Ice Loss—and the Power of New Technologies to Track the Changes

By Moriah McDonald

In the case of Great Barrier Reef green turtles, rising temperatures have been linked to changing sex-determination, with an increasing number of new hatchlings born female. Credit: Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images

The World Is Losing Migratory Species at Alarming Rates

By Katie Surma

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation carries cold water from near Greenland (blue line) southward along the seafloor toward Antarctica, while currents nearer the surface transport warmer water northward. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Extreme Climate Impacts From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current Could be Worse Than Expected, a New Study Warns

By Bob Berwyn

“Thwaites really is considered ground zero for the possibility of accelerated sea level rise this century.” Credit: Elizabeth Rush

Q&A: What an Author’s Trip to the Antarctic Taught Her About Climate—and Collective Action

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Photo illustration by Derek Harrison. Photographs by Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group; Giuseppe Cacace/AFP; Olivier Morin/AFP; Yuan Hongyan/VCG via Getty Images

2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?

By ICN Staff

A conservationist with the NGO Panthera fights a fire in Porto Jofre, the Pantanal of Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 4, 2021. The Amazon, home to more than three million species, has long absorbed large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions, but some research has shown it recently emitting more CO2 than it absorbs due to wildfires, deforestation and declining forest health. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28

By Bob Berwyn

A rainbow touches down on the Kokalik River, in northwestern Alaska, winds its way through the National Petroleum Reserve. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Is ConocoPhillips Looking to Expand its Controversial Arctic Oil Project?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Atlantic puffin, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway. Credit: Sergio Pitamitz/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

The Plucky Puffin, Endangered Yet Coping: Scientists Link Emergence of a Hybrid Subspecies to Climate Change

By Lydia Larsen

A female polar bear grabs some seaweed to feed her cub and herself along the shoreline of the Hudson Bay near Churchill on August 5, 2022. Credit: Olivier Morin / AFP via Getty Images)

New Research Shows Direct Link Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Polar Bear Decline

By Bob Berwyn

Posts navigation

1 2 … 13 Next

Newsletters

We deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else. Every day or once a week, our original stories and digest of the web's top headlines deliver the full story, for free.

Keep Environmental Journalism Alive

ICN provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going.

Donate Now
Inside Climate News
  • Science
  • Politics
  • Justice & Health
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Whistleblowers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Charity Navigator
Inside Climate News uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept this policy. Learn More