Glaciologist Eric Rignot (NASA/JPL) explains future sea-level rise

Due to climate change, threats to cultural heritage along coastal regions are imminent. Whole communities in some cases are being claimed by the sea and significant archaeological sites we never knew existed before are being wiped away before they can even be documented.

NASA-supported researchers have found that ice covering Greenland is melting faster than previously thought. The action is happening out of sight, below the surface.

Greenhouse gases are vital to life on Earth, but the growing concentration of certain gases, such as carbon dioxide, is throwing the planet’s delicate balance out of whack.