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- This pink snow may be pretty, but it's terrible news for the environment Mon, 27 Jun 16, 8:00pmPink snow might sound outlandish, but it can actually be found around the world. While it may be pretty, it turns out it really isn't a good look: the color is caused by blooming algae, which cause the snow to melt quicker....
- Alaska’s glacial melt could create the world’s sixth largest coastal river Wed, 25 Mar 15, 5:14amThe glaciers are melting. That's the old news. The update is that, in Alaska, there has also been a massive amount of rainfall. The combination of rain and glacial melt create a flow of freshwater that is doing what water...
- 10 Must-See Documentaries You Can Stream on Netflix Right Now Tue, 2 Dec 14, 6:00amChasing Ice Nearly ten years ago, environmental photographer James Balog embarked on an arctic pilgrimage to gather real-time evidence of global warming in Iceland for National Geographic...
- The Glaciers of Glacier National Park May All Disappear by 2030 Fri, 28 Nov 14, 6:30amGlacier National Park, which was dedicated in 1910, occupies a dramatically beautiful span of the Rocky Mountains at the Montana-Canadian border, which has been covered in ice since time immemorial...
- World’s Largest Tropical Ice Sheet Took at Least 1,600 Years to Form and Only 25 to Melt Fri, 19 Apr 13, 4:01amThe Quelccya ice cap in the Andes Mountains of Peru took upwards of 1,600 years to form, and it could have formed as long as 6,000 years ago, but it took just 25 years to melt away...
- Study Finds Global Ice Loss in Recent Years Was Enough to Cover the U.S. in 1.5 Feet of Water Wed, 15 Feb 12, 2:06amUsing NASA and the German Aerospace Center’s Gravity Recover and Climate Experiment satellites (GRACE), researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have discovered that the Earth’s ice caps and glaciers...