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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

Two scenarios for the melting of the Alps' largest glacier

The Alps’ iconic glaciers are melting, but there’s still time to save (most of) the biggest

By Matthias Huss | Climate Change, Special Topics

miner in permafrost tunnel in Alaska

Scientists are racing to understand permafrost before it’s gone

By Madeline Ostrander | Climate Change

melting sea ice

Human history, in ice. And it’s melting away.

By Miyo McGinn | Analysis, Climate Change

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations agents. Credit: @ICEGov via Twitter.

Uproar over Palantir’s sale of tracking software to US immigration agency

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading