Blocking sunlight could stop Arctic melting

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 19:29

Geoengineering can be applied to save the Arctic ice cap if targeted at specific regions of the planet, rather than cooling everywhere equally

Melting sea ice may drive polar bears to extinction

Last Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 09:47

Polar bears could soon disappear from parts of the Arctic due to global warming, a climate-change expert has warned.

Climate change could push up risk of avian flu

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 14:46

The avian flu refers to infection with bird flu Type A viruses.

Continental US glaciers melting at alarming rate

Last Updated: Monday, August 20, 2012, 17:18

Montana’s Glacier National Park are melting much faster than had been predicted by scientists just a few years ago and could be gone entirely in just a decade.

Greenland’s ice sheet melting shatters 30-year record

Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 11:35

Melting over the Greenland ice sheet broke the seasonal record on August 8 – four weeks before the close of the melting season, it has been revealed.

`Arctic sea ice could disappear within 10 years`

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 12:50

In an alarming sign, scientists have warned that Arctic sea ice is dramatically melting at a faster rate than previously thought, which may accelerate the effects of global warming.

Greenland’s ice sheet melts in spurts

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 13:21

Loss of ice from Greenland’s vast sheet may occur mainly in short bursts, suggest Danish scientists who used aerial photos dating back to the 1980s to plot shrinking of glaciers around the island’s northwest coast.

`Shiny` sea ice spikes Arctic warming

Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 10:15

The combination of melting sea ice and global atmospheric warming are contributing to the high rate of warming in the Arctic.

Melting ice in Antarctica threatens Emperor penguins: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 13:36

Rapid sea ice melting in Antarctica threatens the lives of Emperor penguins, and if global temperatures continue to rise, the largest sea birds may eventually disappear, a new study has claimed.

Arctic ice melt prelude to severe winters

Last Updated: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 10:40

The dramatic melt-off of Arctic sea ice due to climate change could lead to severe winter outbreaks, reveals a study.

Lost photos reveal history of Greenland ice loss

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 21:54

A set of 80-year-old photographs unearthed in a basement archive has proved that Greenland`s ice was melting even faster then than it is now.

Antarctic ice melting from warm water below: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 09:31

Antarctica`s massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting.