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Shrinking Tropical Glaciers Linked to Warmer Pacific Temperatures
Tropical glaciers are losing ice more rapidly than most other regions worldwide, and the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru’s Andes Mountains, the largest tropical glacier, is no exception. For 50 years,…
Newly Released: State of the Cryosphere Report 2024
In the State of the Cryosphere 2024 – Lost Ice, Global Damage report, over 50 leading cryosphere scientists warn of vastly higher impacts and costs to the global economy given accelerating losses…
At the top of the world, lead pollution reaches even pristine glaciers
A new study reveals that human activities have polluted some of the Earth’s most isolated areas. By analyzing ice cores from the Guliya ice cap in Tibet,…
Joseph Chan receives Young Investigator Program award from the Office of Naval Research
Assistant Professor Dr. Joseph Chan (Ohio State Dept. of Geog. and Byrd Center PI) has been awarded a prestigious Young Investigator Program (YIP) research grant from the Office of Naval…