Alaska's glacial melt due to climate change has caused disastrous landslide-tsunami events in the past. With these events anticipated to occur sometime soon due to global warming, scientists suggest an urgent assessment of unstable glaciers and the installation of warning systems.
National Geographic and Rolex partner in a unique expedition on Mount Everest, the world's highest water tower, focusing on climate change. Glacial Melt is just one challenge the team faces, which reveals the future of other mountain regions around the world.
Antarctica is a truly massive continent. At over 5 million square miles, the whole of the US could fit securely within its borders. It boasts the highest, driest, coldest, and windiest landscape of all seven continents. And the fact that it is losing ice is nothing new. It's the rate at which parts of the continent are melting that is raising new concerns.