glacier

​Deep beneath Antartica’s glaciers, formed by steam from active volcanos, are extensive subglacial cave networks. A team has, for the time, examined soil samples for traces of DNA and revealed these caves could hold a much more diverse set of organisms than previously thought.

To make it easier to visualize the effects the changing climate is having on the planet, environmental scientists have put together a series of before-and-after photos, highlighting drastic ice loss.

Researchers analyzing a freak avalanche in Tibet that killed nine people have published findings that suggest meltwater at the base of the glacier lubricated the ice on its path of destruction, meltwater that probably wouldn't have been there were it not for rising temperatures in the region.

Researchers have found that the disappearance of glacial ice in third-largest region of ice on the planet -the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya-Hindu Kush mountains - is being sped up due to air pollution.

​Driving along the "Ring Road" that encircles the Iceland, it's easy to feel as though you've traveled back in time and are witnessing the Earth as it was when it was just getting started. In many ways that's actually the case​ and New Atlas checked out some of the science behind the sites.