Short informative piece from the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder explaining the basics of glaciers. 

Recommend for middle school and up. 

Short informative piece from the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder explaining the basics of ice sheets and ice caps. 

Recommend for middle school and up. 

Short FAQ article with locations of glaciers across the world. 91% in Antarctica, and 8% in Greenland.

Recommended for middle school and up

Article focusing on trends in snow, glaciers, and the freezing and thawing of oceans and lakes. Contains good explanantions of ice and snow phenomena. Be sure to click on the "View Indicators sidebar for excellent infographics. 

Recommend for high school and up.

Recommend for middle school and up. 

Recommend for middle school and up. 

Video (2.5 min) about the one of the most unstable glaciers in Antarctica, the Thwaites Glacier, roughly the same size as Florida or Britain. This video and more information about the Thwaites Glacier can be found at https://thwaitesglacier.org/ 

Recommend for middle school and up.

Video (5 min) explaining reduction in sea ice. Features interviews with scientists that study and interpret the data.

Recommend for high school and up.

Video (5 min) showing how satellite data is used to monitor the changing global landscape. Aligns with physical science (8th grade) curriculum.

Recommend for middle school and up.

Detailed piece from the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder explaining how ice sheet are important to human and wildlife populations. 

Recommend for high school and up.

This is a technical article but it is easy to read and has excellent illustrations. It describes how most of the permanent ice volume in the world is locked up in ice sheets and glaciers and shows calculations of the amount of sea level rise that could result from the ice melting. 

Recommend for high school and up.

Explains the tools researchers are using and what they are discovering about the quantity of melting ice and where it is happening.

(PNAS is Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). 

Recommend for high school and up.

Engaging video (13 min) with a detailed analysis of Antarctic sea ice trends and data. Watching even he first half is worthwhile.

Recommend for middle school and up.