Wildfires are a growing issue in the UK, with incidents escalating in 2026.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-026-00827-6The Wilkes Subglacial Basin is a marine-based sector of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet that is vulnerable to ocean-forced melting and climate warming. This Review assesses changes in ice-sheet extent in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin under past and projected warming and notes large uncertainties in temperature-related and climate-related thresholds for its major retreat.

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Global cooperation revealed a landslide, not a glacial collapse, likely initiated the cascade of events

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A wildfire can be explained by today’s barbecue, yesterday’s wind direction, a dry spring, four decades of land use change, or a century of emissions.

The conditions for ferocious fires are expected to worsen as the planet heats up, putting more people at risk

Researchers say it is ‘quite wild’ to see fires at such high northern latitudes happen so early in the year

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In record 40C heat on 19 July 2022, 18 homes were lost in village of Wennington – a signal for firefighters to adapt, but UK response remains fragmented

Early in the morning of 10 August 2025, a >64 × 106 m3 landslide struck Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska. The landslide was preconditioned by glacial retreat caused by climate change. The resulting 481 m run...

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Topic: Glacier surges and surge hazards in a changing climate Speaker: Harold Lovell Institution: University of Portsmouth Zoom link to join.

I am pleased to share our new paper in which we review the current distribution of surging glaciers in Svalbard! Published in Earth Science Reviews, you can find the full paper here: The surging Borebreen in 2024. In this review, we analyse the methods use to detect glacier surges in the past and present using remote sensing techniques, geophysical methods, and palaeo-glaciological analysis such as landforms, historical imagery and archival maps.

In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, penguins and even scientists.

The Antarctic Peninsula is warming rapidly, with more frequent extreme temperature and precipitation events, reduced sea ice, glacier retreat, ice shelf coll...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 12 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00757-9Glacier surges are rapid ice flow acceleration and mass transport events, which can threaten nearby communities, infrastructure and habitats. This Review discusses the global distribution, behaviour and associated hazards of glaciers that are prone to surging and how these are being affected by climate change.

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A global study of 3,000 glaciers reveals the risks of surging ice in a warming world.

A global study of 3,000 glaciers reveals the risks of surging ice in a warming world.

Glacier surges are rapid ice flow acceleration and mass transport events, which can threaten nearby communities, infrastructure and habitats. This Review discusses the global distribution, behaviour a...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Glacier surges are rapid ice flow acceleration and mass transport events, which can threaten nearby communities, infrastructure and habitats. This Review...

Retreat and volume loss of two rapidly vanishing Svalbard glaciers since 1938: Elsabreen and Ferdinandbreen, Petuniabukta - Volume 67

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The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril.

The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril.