Jun 19, 2026 #Antarctica #ClimateCrisis #SeaIce
Antarctica is heading for its coldest, darkest day of the year, but the continent doesn't seem to have gotten the memo... Because despite being midwinter, temperatures have soared recently, breaking June temperature records and melting snow and ice.
And in the oceans around the Antarctic, there's much less floating sea ice than there should be for this time of year. So... what's behind it?
Jun 12, 2026
The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away. The floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier (Thwaites glacier in Antarctica) is breaking away, with concerning implications for global sea-level rise
Jun 3, 2026 #antarctica #climatechange #flooding
Antarctica is melting and one of its largest glaciers is collapsing from underneath. This is Thwaites glacier, sometimes called the doomsday glacier – and for good reason. If it destabilises, it could trigger a wider collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, raising sea levels by up to 5 metres. Scientists believe we may be approaching a tipping point that could completely redraw the world's coastlines, putting cities such as Kolkata, New York and London at risk of severe flooding, displacing millions of people.
Premiered Apr 23, 2026 ClimateGenn #podcast produced by Nick Breeze In 2022, something happened in Antarctica that had never been recorded before in modern satellite history — and most people missed it. Hektoria Glacier, on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, retreated more than 25 kilometres in a matter of months. Half of that was floating ice. The other half was grounded ice — ice physically touching the bedrock. In just three days, it pulled back 2.5 kilometres. In this episode, Nick Breeze sits down with Dr. Naomi Ochwat from Columbia University, one of the scientists who caught this extraordinary event in real time. She breaks down exactly what happened, why the flat bedrock beneath Hektoria made it uniquely vulnerable to catastrophic thinning, and what this so-called ice plain calving process could mean if it were to occur on a much larger glacier — like Thwaites. This isn't just a story about one remote glacier. It's a window into a process that could accelerate sea level rise faster than current models predict.
Apr 24, 2026 #Arctic #ClimateCrisis
The Arctic just recorded another record. This time, we're talking record low winter maximum sea ice extent. With rapidly climbing temperatures at the northern pole, the region is haemorrhaging ice. And it has huge consequences...
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1-23-26 PBS Newshour "Horizons" Premiered Jan 23, 2026 Horizons from PBS News
Ice in the Arctic and Antarctica plays a critical role in maintaining life on Earth, and it is melting faster than previously thought. This is threatening our planet with potentially massive sea-level rise, weather disruptions and further global warming. Horizons moderator William Brangham explores the fate of ice on Earth with science correspondent Miles O’Brien and glaciologist Erin Pettit.
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