Ice sheets respond to both changes in precipitation (snow) and summer temperature with cold, wet conditions favoring ice growth and warm, dry conditions ice retreat. Ice sheets seem to mainly ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea ...