Scientists watch as glaciers in China melt at 'shocking' pace
Glaciers in China's bleak Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say. The largest glacier in the 800-kilometer (500-mile) mountain chain on the arid northeastern edge of the ...
The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change has jumped by 50 percent in 30 years, according to a new study based on satellite data. "We have known that not all meltwater is making it into the oceans immediately," lead ...
Rising seas would have devastating impact worldwide, increasing the destructive power of storm surges and exposing coastal regions to repeated and severe flooding.
Greenland and Antarctica are shedding six times more ice than during the 1990s, driving a higher sea level that could bring annual flooding by 2100 in regions that now are home to 400 million people, scientists have warned. The kilometers-thick ice sheets atop land masses ...
U.K. breaks temperature record with new high of 38.7, provisional data show
A British record high temperature of 38.7 (101.6 F) may have been reached on Thursday, provisional data from the U.K. Met Office showed on Friday. Soaring temperatures broke records in Germany, France and the Netherlands on Thursday as a heat wave gripped Europe for the ...
