🔴 ALERT: 2024 recorded the largest single-year glacier mass loss ever measured — 275 billion tonnes. Read the full report →
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Monitoring the World's Disappearing Ice

Glacier Watch delivers data-driven journalism on glacier retreat, Arctic and Antarctic ice loss, permafrost thaw, and the consequences of melting ice for sea level, water supply, and global climate.

275GtIce Lost in 2024
200,000+Glaciers Monitored
1.9BPeople at Risk
58mPotential Sea Level Rise
🧊 Featured Report
Glacier melting and retreating showing dramatic ice loss from climate change
🧊 Melting Science

Global Glacier Melt: The Science Behind the World's Disappearing Ice

📅 April 22, 2025 · ⏱️ 12 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström

The world's glaciers lost 275 billion tonnes of ice in 2024 — the largest annual loss ever recorded. Glacier Watch examines the data, the mechanisms, and what this accelerating loss means for water supply, sea level, and global climate stability.

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📖 Latest Reports
Arctic ice and sea showing rapid warming
❄️ Arctic

The Arctic in Crisis: Warming Four Times Faster Than the Global Average

📅 April 15, 2025 · ⏱️ 11 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström
Antarctic glacier and ice shelf
🏔️ Antarctic

Antarctica's Retreating Glaciers: Why the Thwaites Crisis Matters for Every Coastline

📅 April 8, 2025 · ⏱️ 11 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström
Glacier and climate system interaction
🌡️ Climate

Glaciers and Global Climate: How Ice Loss Reshapes Temperature and Weather

📅 April 1, 2025 · ⏱️ 10 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström
Scientists measuring glacier on expedition
🔬 Expeditions

On the Ice: Inside the Science Expeditions Measuring Glacier Loss in Real Time

📅 March 25, 2025 · ⏱️ 9 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström
Ancient ice age glacier landscape
📜 History

From Ice Ages to Now: The 2.6-Million-Year History of Earth's Glacial Cycles

📅 March 18, 2025 · ⏱️ 10 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström
Arctic permafrost thawing landscape
🌡️ Permafrost

Permafrost Thaw: The Arctic's Hidden Carbon Bomb

📅 March 11, 2025 · ⏱️ 9 min read · ✍️ Dr. Anna Bergström
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