As scientists try to forecast the future consequences of the big melt, internationally acclaimed photographer James Balog is...
(01:13)In the next hundred years, the oceans will expand on their own as they warm, accounting for about 30 centimeters of sea level...
(03:00)Around 1997, there was an abrupt 1.6 degree Celsius jump in coastal water temperatures, exactly when the outlet glaciers began...
(02:36)The summer melt season on the Greenland ice sheet has grown hotter. Rivers of meltwater cut deep into the ice, creating a...
(04:59)At the National Ice Core Lab in Lakewood, Colorado, a giant freezer stores over 13,000 meters of ice drilled from 34 sites...
(02:59)The abrupt collapse of the world’s mountain glaciers raises even more disturbing questions about the earth’s biggest...
(02:47)After several days of laser tracking, Tad Pfeffer knows how fast the Columbia is moving, 16 meters per day, eight times faster...
(02:56)Just down the fjord, Balog and Extreme Ice Survey engineer, Adam LeWinter, climb down to one of the time-lapse cameras they...
(03:00)In the shallow waters of Columbia Bay, melting icebergs jam up before being carried away with the tide. This is the end of the...
(03:00)Over the millennia, the expansion and contraction of ice across the continents has fundamentally altered the planet, gouging...
(02:54)What began as a photographic assignment has become a mind-blowing odyssey into an unpredictable world, where entire landscapes...
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