Melting is pervasive along the ice surrounding Antarctica. On the surface of the grounded ice
sheet and floating ice shelves, extensive networks of lakes, streams and rivers both store …

This paper presents the current state of our knowledge about Antarctic blue ice areas.
Scattered widely over the Antarctic continent yet covering only approximately 1% of its …

Observations and models agree that the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) surface mass balance
(SMB) has decreased since the end of the 1990s due to an increase in meltwater runoff and …

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and
accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In …

Surface meltwater drains across ice sheets, forming melt ponds that can trigger ice-shelf
collapse,, acceleration of grounded ice flow and increased sea-level rise,,. Numerical …

A Lagrangian snow‐evolution model (SnowModel‐LG) was used to produce daily, pan‐
Arctic, snow‐on‐sea‐ice, snow property distributions on a 25× 25‐km grid, from 1 August …

Surface melt and subsequent firn air depletion can ultimately lead to disintegration of
Antarctic ice shelves, causing grounded glaciers to accelerate and sea level to rise. In the …

SnowModel is a spatially distributed snow-evolution modeling system designed for
application in landscapes, climates, and conditions where snow occurs. It is an aggregation …

Arctic snow presence, absence, properties, and water amount are key components of Earth's
changing climate system that incur far-reaching physical and biological ramifications …

Observations suggest that shrub abundance in the Arctic is increasing owing to climate
warming. We investigated the ramifications of a tundra‐to‐shrubland transition on winter …