From interacting subsystems to human impacts, the complexities of climate change demand comprehensive strategies, as exemplified by the launch of India's first ...

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

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

Brussels hosted the Belgian première of the documentary The Last Glaciers, an event organized by UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in partn ...

Use the Snow Today interactive data viewer to explore current various aspects of snow conditions and how they compare to past years. Each snow season, our scientists write monthly data analyses ...

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.33 million square kilometers (5.53 million square miles) on March 22, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data ...

A media workshop aimed at fostering dialogue between the scientific community and the media was held in Kathmandu, emphasizing the crucial connections between the cryosphere, water resources ...

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 ...

Remote sensing of the cryosphere is an important topic of modern environmental and earth sciences. As snow and firn permanently cover large polar ice sheets such as Greenland and Antarctica, their ...