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The Los Pelambres mine.

In Chile, a copper mining project tainted by environmental damage sues 32 locals

Michael Lieberherr Pacheco 16 Sep 2024
An ice shelf and the sea in Greenland.

High-resolution maps reveal surprises about how ice shelves melt

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Aug 2024
Llamas moving through the harsh post-glacial landscape below the Uruashraju glacier. Photo credit: Anaïs Zimmer

Llama herding helps community in Peru recover from a melting glacier

Sierra Bouchér 27 Nov 2023

Chile government faces backlash after U-turn on copper mine

Boris van der Spek 20 Jun 2023
The National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition team climbs up a steep slope.

Sagarmatha microbes may survive harsh conditions for decades

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Mar 2023

Ahead of polls, Nepal’s political parties, voters take heed of climate impacts

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Nov 2022

On the roof of the world, water is life. Or a sign of it, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Oct 2022

With sea ice melting, glacial ice could be a lifeline for polar bears

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2022

China-funded dam could disrupt key Argentine glaciers and biodiversity

Maxwell Radwin 12 May 2022

As climate change melts Antarctic ice, gentoo penguins venture further south

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jan 2022

As its glaciers melt, Nepal is forced into an adaptation not of its choosing

Johan Augustin 27 Dec 2021

Earth tipping points could destabilize each other in domino effect: Study

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jun 2021
Gentoo penguins watching an iceberg. Image credit: Mongabay

We’re approaching critical climate tipping points: Q&A with Tim Lenton

Rhett A. Butler 6 Jan 2021
Even if snowfall rates returned to those of the 1980s, the ice sheet would continue to shrink. Image credit: Michalea King.

The glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are running away

Nikk Ogasa 2 Dec 2020

IPCC special report finds oceans and cryosphere changing rapidly due to global warming

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2019

More than 50 lakes lie hidden beneath Greenland ice sheet, study finds

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2019

Here’s how much Antarctica’s melting ice is already contributing to sea level rise

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2018

Warmer winters increasing risk of avalanches in the Himalayas, studies find

Neha Jain 4 May 2018

Top Argentine glacier scientist charged over cyanide mine spill

Max Nathanson 14 Dec 2017

Tipping point already reached? West Antarctica in slow-motion, unstoppable melt

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2014

Plants re-grow after five centuries under the ice

Tanya Dimitrova 27 May 2013

Mount Everest glaciers have shrunk 13% in 50 years

Mongabay.com 13 May 2013

Climate change melting glaciers in the Andes

Jeremy Hance 22 Jan 2013

Temperature in West Antarctica rising twice as fast as previously thought, finds study

Mongabay.com 23 Dec 2012

Greenland and Antarctica ice melt accelerating, pushing sea levels higher

Jeremy Hance 3 Dec 2012

Canadian ice sheet responded rapidly to ancient climate change

Paul Gabrielsen 16 Nov 2012

Featured video: Chasing Ice trailer

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2012

Spike in glacier melt across Patagonia since 2000

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2012

NASA images reveal rapid loss of Indonesia’s glaciers

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2012

Greenland suffers record melt

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2012

Scientists discover ‘Grand Canyon’ of Antarctica buried deep in ice

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2012

Record 97 percent of Greenland’s ice sheet experienced melting in July

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2012

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