The mission, jointly operated by the United States and India, will measure minute changes to land, ice, and ecosystems around ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Earth’s cryosphere — comprised of ice sheets, glaciers, permafrost and snowfall — is in a rapid state of flux due to escalating climate ...

National Snow and Ice Data Center monitors sea ice, tracks snow, examines Arctic conditions and informs global decision-makers The frozen parts of the planet, known collectively as the cryosphere, are ...

Cryosphere and polar science study the frozen water part of the Earth system, ranging from the glaciers of Greenland to the ice sheets of the Antarctic. Antarctica photo by Jack Pan.

A new UN report warns that glaciers are melting at record speeds, threatening the water security of billions. From the ...

A fleet of high-speed drones is set to take flight over the Arctic for the first time next month in a bold effort to revolutionize how scientists monitor Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet. Drones ...

We address glacial and periglacial processes in polar and alpine environments – the cryosphere -- as their evolution most clearly reflects the variations in climatic forcing, and as these landscapes ...

Changes to our oceans and cryosphere - the world's frozen places - have global climate impacts for nature and people. We're already seeing more extreme weather, extensive coral reef bleaching and sea ...

Blooms of extremophile ‘glacier algae’ lower the bare ice albedo of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), amplifying summer energy absorption at the ice surface and enhancing meltwater runoff from the ...