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Glaciers

Background | March 16, 2006 at 10:27

Glaciers are more than just magnificent landscapes of ice and snow. Around the world they act as frozen reservoirs providing water for billions of people, as well as animals and plants.

Himalayan glacial melt

Feature story | June 5, 2007 at 0:00

Glaciers in the Himalayas provide the water source for one-sixth of humanity. Now that water source is threatened by climate change. As the temperature rises, these reservoirs of ice disappear. Guanli Wang, a journalist with China S&T, reports...

Global Melting

Background | June 8, 2009 at 9:27

Arctic and Antarctic

Background | June 8, 2009 at 9:27

Daily news: TEPCO admits a meltdown in Fukushima, and Scholastic used to provide...

Blog entry by Gianluca R | May 17, 2011 2 comments

Top news: TEPCO has announced that fuel rods in Fukushima’s number 1 reactor suffered a near complete meltdown soon after the 11 March earthquake; 3,000 tons of contaminated water is set to be dumped into Fukushima soil; educational...

March 4: US will push for ban on overfished bluefin tuna

Blog entry by Teresa Belkow | March 4, 2010 1 comment

This is part of a trial series Greenpeace activists hold banners reading "Ban Bluefin Tuna Trade" during a protest to demand immediate action to protect the endangered Mediterranean bluefin tuna from commercial extinction. The...

Icebergs melting in low sun.

Image | June 20, 2005 at 0:00

Icebergs melting in low sun.

Investigating Greenland's Melting Glaciers

Video | September 14, 2010 at 11:02

Scientists supported by Greenpeace find evidence that Greenland's glacier are melting faster than expected because of the influx of subtropic waters to the Arctic.

March 5: Exit Glacier in Alaska melting quicker as temperatures rise

Blog entry by Teresa Belkow | March 5, 2010 1 comment

This is part of a trial series Glacier melt - proof of climate change Exit Glacier in Alaska is said to be steadily melting, shrinking two miles over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a new balance with rising...

Sea Ice in the Arctic

Image | September 14, 2009 at 0:00

Broken and unconsolidated sea ice in the Greenland sea. Polar bear rely on sea ice for hunting. In a 3°C world, the sea ice will disappear completely in summer, and will be present only in a few places in winter. Polar bears are far from the only...

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