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Smithsonian October 2006 Anne Bolen	Life in the Field - Frozen in Time Glaciers in the Pacific Northwest have recorded hundreds of years of climate history, helping researchers plot how quickly the planet is warming.
Science News February 14, 2009 Lonnie Thompson	Receding Glaciers Erase Records Of Climate History Ice masses on the tops of mountains -- sticking out in the free atmosphere -- have been collecting climate data and storing them, in many cases for very long periods.
Geotimes April 2005	Geomedia Arctic Climate Change in Photos... Book review: Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages by Doug Macdougall... Mapping Sinkhole Risk in Maryland...
Smithsonian July 2007 J. Madeleine Nash	Chronicling the Ice Long before global warming became a cause celebre, Lonnie Thompson was extracting climate secrets from ancient glaciers. He finds the problem is even more profound than you might have thought.
Scientific American September 2008 Krista West	Researchers hone seismic skills to peer inside glaciers Seismic data enable scientists to peer inside melting glaciers before they calve
Geotimes August 2007 Carolyn Gramling	No More "Snows of Kilimanjaro"? Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers have receded dramatically, making the highest point in Africa a high-profile poster child for global warming. Some scientists contend, however, that Kilimanjaro is a poor example, as its glaciers were disappearing before warming set in.
Popular Mechanics March 15, 2010 Trevor Williams	Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice Something new is happening with the ice streams and glaciers. They are getting thinner, and they are getting thinner because they are speeding up.
Geotimes October 2004 Jay Chapman	Melting Glaciers Promote Earthquakes In southern Alaska, melting glaciers heat up the possibility of earthquakes.
Geotimes March 2006 Naomi Lubick	Ice Hunter: Q&A With Lonnie Thompson An interview with glaciologist and Byrd Polar Research Center scientist Lonnie Thompson about what it mean to hunt ice and about some his current work.
Geotimes August 2004 Naomi Lubick	Doubling the Ice Record A team of European researchers released their first round of results from the longest ice core ever to be recovered from a polar glacier. Measurements show some interesting temperature shifts that may cause climatologists to reevaluate their models.
Scientific American July 2008 Peter Brown	NASA Satellites Watch Polar Ice Shelf Break into Crushed Ice Ice is melting at the poles much faster than climate models predict.
Geotimes October 2003 Sara Pratt	New model for glacial erosion Understanding what controls glacial erosion may have important implications for understanding glaciated mountain belts and modeling both ancient and current ice sheets.
Geotimes April 2007 Megan Sever	Ancient Glaciers Melting Quickly Peru's Qori Kalis is one of the few remaining tropical glaciers, and it may be gone in five years, reported a glaciologist at Ohio State University. The melting of the Quelccaya Ice Cap poses new hazards to the people living in valleys below the peak.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Erico Guizzo	Into Deep Ice What does the future hold for Earth's ice? A group of British researchers seeks answers in the bowels of a glacier.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Antarctic Ice Connections The West Antarctic ice sheet contains 3.2 million cubic kilometers of ice. Were it to collapse due to global warming, it would raise global sea level by 5 meters, catastrophically inundating low-lying areas.
High on Adventure April 2002 Lee Juillerat	Coming to My Senses in Glacier Bay -- Travels in Southeast Alaska Blame John Muir. His Travels in Alaska piqued the interest of millions to the fascinations of Glacier Bay...
Adventure August 2004 Lolly Merrell	The Vanishing World of Lonnie Thompson A secret history of the world's climate, including global warming, is buried deep inside glaciers atop the world's tallest peaks. But as temperatures rise, those records are melting. One paleontologist/climatologist is racing to preserve a crucial piece of our past- in his freezer.
Outside October 2002 Ian Frazier	Terminal Ice Hot enough for you? Go to the bottom of the planet -- or the top -- and you can't miss the warning signs of a warm apocalypse. And at the heart of the mystery, like broken shards of a colder climate, float the icebergs, ghost-white messengers trying to tell us something we can't fathom.
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	Lonnie Thompson: Tracking Ice in the Tropics His work exploring some of the most remote alpine glaciers in the world has established their value as a repository of climate data -- and their rapid disappearance, which has accelerated alarmingly as global climate changes.
Geotimes June 2007 Fred Schwab	Plunging into the Debate on Climate Change Debate continues about whether the warming effects of greenhouse gases are overshadowed by natural events.
Geotimes December 2006	Top Climate News Stories of 2006 A new public face for climate change... Strong debate over storms... Thawing ice shifts water cycles... Methane climate menagerie... etc.
BusinessWeek July 17, 2006 John Carey	Business On A Warmer Planet Rising temperatures and later winters are already costing millions. Here's how some companies are adapting to the new reality.
Popular Mechanics February 19, 2010 Trevor Williams	On Thick Ice: Live From An Antarctic Drilling Trip The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program is exploring the ocean floor around Antarctica to learn how the ice sheet reacted in warmer climates of the past and how they might respond to future warming.
Reason April 2004 Ronald Bailey	Why Warming? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims to have found "new and stronger evidence that most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.
Geotimes May 2005 Naomi Lubick	Heat Imbalance Portends Problems Results from a new assessment show that Earth is absorbing more energy than it releases into space, with implications for climate change that researchers say point to future warming with consequences for melting ice sheets and sea-level rise.
Outside April 2010 Steven Rinella	Go Big or Go Home Cruise ships and wildlife buses? The tourist staples miss the point of Alaska: It's the last real place to find an epic, crowd-free adventure on American soil.
Scientific American April 2007 David Biello	Conservative Climate The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's consensus document may understate the climate change problem.
Reason October 2005 Sallie Baliunas	Full of Hot Air Book review: A climate alarmist takes on "criminals against humanity" in Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis -- And What We Can Do to Avert the Disaster, by Ross Gelbspan.
Geotimes August 2006	Summer Roadtrip: Ferrying Through the Inside Passage In case you think "boat" and "roadtrip" don't mix, you should learn about the Alaska Marine Highway. Glaciers are one of the first things to notice along your trek southward along Alaska's Inside Passage.
Outside December 2004 Mark Jenkins	Freezer Burn How do you go native on an island made of ice? Scale glaciers, strip down, and steam it off.
Outside May 2003 Tim Neville	Latitude Adjustment Ten more ways to frolic in the far north's summer sun
AskMen.com January 6, 2004 Harry Marks	Alaskan Adventure With an abundance of natural attractions and adventurous activities, Alaska deserves any traveler's attention. Already a popular cruise destination, America's Last Frontier has established several excellent sights on terra firma that draw in 1.1 million visitors per year.
Geotimes December 2003 Naomi Lubick	Glacial earthquakes Seismologists have fingered glaciers as one source of newly discovered "slow" earthquakes.
Geotimes February 2005 Megan Sever	Glacier: Crown of the Continent Established as a national park in 1910, Glacier National Park's geologic and ecologic significance is internationally recognized.
Adventure May 2004 Tim Cahill	Blown Away Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness.
Fast Company April 2001 Paul Cabana	The Iceman Melteth Just how tough is it to sell ice cubes to Eskimos? The Consultant Debunking Unit goes polar in search of the cold, hard truth...
Geotimes July 2005	Swiss Wrap Glacier for Summer Workers at the Andermatt ski resort in Switzerland wrapped about 3,000 square meters of Gurschen glacier with a layer of plastic foil that is designed to reflect heat and radiation from the sun, preventing the glacier from absorbing as much heat and thus slowing the melt.
Adventure October 2006 Andrea Minarcek	Alaska Road Trip: The Kenai Circuit The road through southeast Alaska leads to groaning glaciers, mugs of microbrew, and the most stunning river trip anywhere.
High on Adventure February 2001	Anchorage Winter Adventures The Iditarod, Flightseeing, Skiing and Dining...
Outside February 2004 Natasha Singer	Break On Through The dream of a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic to the riches of Asia has driven explorers and visionary adventurers for centuries. With climate change in the air, The author braves the frigid 900-mile journey to find out if the old, mythic dream is becoming an epic new reality.
Geotimes September 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Around Mount Rainier The stratovolcano has not erupted since a few small events were recorded in the early 1800s. But numerous lahars -- mudflows triggered by various events -- continue to reshape the landscape, and the effects are visible throughout the park today.
Geotimes July 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Highway to Portage Despite the disappearing glaciers and quicksand-like mud, a trip down Alaska's Seward Highway is refreshing; you can still visit pristine landscapes and potentially dangerous natural phenomena without being fenced out.
Popular Mechanics December 7, 2007 Logan Ward	Climate Engineers Build UAV, Radar to Process Subzero Mystery Combining digital radar equipment with unmanned aircraft gives scientists a much-needed edge in understanding why the polar ice sheets are undergoing rapid changes.
Geotimes September 2003	Geomedia Book Review: The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science... Maps: Lewis and Clark, USGS maps... DVD: Glacier DVD accolade
IEEE Spectrum September 2011 Paden et al.	A Next-Generation Ice Radar Scientists can now probe polar ice sheets better than ever using synthetic-aperture radar
Outside December 2007	Kayaking Chile California-whitewater pioneer Reg Lake has paddled and guided more of Chile's 4,000-mile coastline than anyone. His latest adventure takes him into the North Arm's inner reaches and the Grey Glacier.
Real Travel Adventures February 2007 Linda Ballou	Slow Blowing Dream Coming home to Alaska's unrivaled beauty
Geotimes March 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Climate Report Points Finger at Fossil Fuels The world is warming, and the burning of fossil fuels is very likely to blame, according to a new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Real Travel Adventures April 2007 Bonnie & Bill Neely	Alberta's Wonder Landscape Enjoy the multiple beautiful landscapes, people, mountains, rivers, National and Provencial Parks in Canada.
High on Adventure August 2006 Lee Juillerat	Capitalizing on the outdoors Juneau is more than just a place to pass through while traveling the Inland Passage or making your way to Glacier Bay. It's also a place where residents, and travelers with insight, capitalize on the outdoors.