we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt
- Written by Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in glacial geomorphology, Monash University
Author providedAs global temperatures inch upwards year after year, the world’s glaciers retreat. These rivers of ice and the even larger ice sheets which cover Greenland and Antarctica are melting – and the melt is speeding up.
Glaciers and ice sheets have only a few species which can live on them, from ice worms to snow fleas...





