Cryosphere

CU-Boulder scientists use satellites to measure Earth's ice

9 Feb 2012

Scientists at the University of Colorado now have the most comprehensive view to date of changes in the cryosphere -- the ice-covered parts of the planet.

Billions of tons of water lost from world's glaciers, satellite reveals

8 Feb 2012

The total volume of water that has melted from all of the world's polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain's largest lake, Windemere, more than 13,000 times, according to one of the most comprehensive studies of the Earth's frozen "cryosphere".

Green Blog: From 2 Satellites, the Big Picture on Ice Melt

8 Feb 2012

Researchers calculate that from 2003 to 2010, the world's glaciers and ice caps lost about 150 billion tons of ice each year.