Snow & Ice
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Sea ice around the southernmost continent hit one of its lowest seasonal highs since the start of the satellite record.
After a long, turbulent journey, Antarctic Iceberg A-23A is signaling its demise as it floats in the South Atlantic.
Satellite data show that Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 10, 2025.
A moderately intense season of surface melting left part of the ice sheet dirty gray in summer 2025, but snowfall…
A short-lived storm dropped some of the largest accumulations in decades on Australia’s Northern Tablelands.
The outlet of Berg Lake, dammed by the Steller Glacier in Alaska, has been reconfigured after decades of ice retreat.
Iceberg A-23A continued to lose sizable pieces of ice during the 2025 austral winter, but it remained the planet’s largest…
Glacial retreat in central Iceland has uncovered an undulating topography riddled with colorful bodies of water.
Snow infrequently falls in the high plains of northern Chile. And when it does, it doesn’t last for long.
The striking cloud formation developed over Arctic waters north of Siberia in July 2025 as frigid air met warmer open…
In early July 2025, around halfway through the island’s annual melting season, blue meltwater ponds dotted the western side of…
A warm and dry spring in the Pacific Northwest quickly depleted the seasonal snowpack, raising concern over summer water supplies…
The glacier-covered Alaskan peak has a history of frequent, large avalanches.
Sea ice in the gulf, the gateway to the Northwest Passage, is fracturing and drifting westward into the Beaufort Sea.
The rock and ice avalanche that overtook Blatten was exceptionally large for the Alps.
The largest iceberg currently at sea is parked off the coast of South Georgia Island and showing signs of fragility.
Despite its stately and serene appearance, the Alaskan volcano has shown signs of activity since spring 2024.
A major embayment in West Antarctica saw new sea ice growth in autumn 2025 amid older sea ice that had…
