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Antarctica

dandelion mural on side of 12-story city building

“H is For Hope” sounded a bit better than “D is For Despair”: Interview with Elizabeth Kolbert about climate change

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

The Aletsch Glacier, largest of Switzerland's 1800 glaciers

Introduction: Praying for the ice (and snow, and water) as the climate changes

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

mountain peaks projecting up above a surface of inland ice and snow in West Antarctica

How we know Antarctica is rapidly losing more ice

By Martin Siegert | Climate Change

red research ship next to edge of Antarctic ice

When glaciers calve: Huge underwater tsunamis found at edge of Antarctica, likely affecting ice melt

By Michael Meredith | Climate Change

aerial view of ice calving in Greenland

Figuring out the most realistic projections for sea-level rise: Interview with glaciologist Rob DeConto

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

‘Uncharted territory’: Warming oceans and disappearing sea ice alarm scientists

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Earth has shifted on its axis due to melting of ice, study says

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

bright red-and-white plane on Antarctic ice

Bulletin’s best climate change coverage of 2020

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

Known as pyramid tents or Scott tents, they’re essentially the same tent design used by the original polar explorers a hundred years ago, capable of withstanding winds of up to 70 miles per hour. “They’re just so good, they got the design perfect,” says the author. Image courtesy of Peter Davis.

Peter Davis of the British Antarctic Survey on changes in the Thwaites Glacier

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Interviews

Known as pyramid tents or Scott tents, they’re essentially the same tent design used by the original polar explorers a hundred years ago, capable of withstanding winds of up to 70 miles per hour. “They’re just so good, they got the design perfect,” says the author. Image courtesy of Peter Davis.

Peter Davis of the British Antarctic Survey on changes in the Thwaites Glacier

By Dan Drollette Jr

artist's rendering of CO2 as balloons in sky

How to explain climate change? With comic books

By Matteo Farinella | Climate Change

Earth’s ice: Sea level, climate, and our future commitment

By Ted Scambos | Uncategorized