The findings show the world’s tropical regions have already warmed past limits last seen at the outset of the Holocene age. Scientists have predicted glaciers would melt, or retreat, as temperatures ...

Among the vast expanse of Antarctica lies the Thwaites Glacier, the world's widest glacier measuring about 80 miles ... suggests that significant glacial retreat began in the 1940s.

As glaciers retreat, they release large amounts of meltwater ... CH₄ before they reach the atmosphere. This study aims to measure CH₄ oxidation rates in glacial runoff and evaluate their ...