In nature ice is ever-changing — growing, shrinking, and shifting. This poster illustrates that with a cylinder of ice floating in room temperature water. As the ice melts, it flips Keep reading
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Ice Damages With Liquid Veins
Water expands when it freezes, a fact that’s often blamed for ice-cracked roads. But expansion isn’t what gives ice its destructive power. In fact, liquids that contract when freezing also Keep reading
An August Arc
In summer, the fjords of Greenland are littered with ice, but in August 2023, satellites caught an odd interloper. See the thin white arc spanning the fjord in the photo Keep reading
“Black Ice”
Ice, black ink, and flowers combine in filmmaker Christopher Dormoy’s “Black Ice.” Filmed during the COVID-19 lockdowns, the video is an exploration of the creativity one can achieve when constrained. Keep reading
Icelandic Glacial Caves
Expedition guide and photographer Ryan Newburn captures the ephemeral beauty of the glacial caves he explores in Iceland. These caves are in constant flux, thanks to the run and melt Keep reading
“Eternal Spring”
With every spring comes the thaw. Warming temperatures melt winter’s ice, carving it away to reveal the surfaces beneath. Christopher Dormoy’s macroscale timelapse “Eternal Spring” captures this dynamic, showing the Keep reading
Summer Melt
A warm summer in 2022 has resulted in record melting on Svalbard. Located halfway between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, more than half of Svalbard is normally covered Keep reading
Hydrophobic Ice
Water is an endlessly peculiar substance, eager to adopt many configurations. Each molecule can form up to four, highly-directional bonds. In this study, researchers found an unexpected configuration, a 2D Keep reading
Bendable Ice
Ice — as we typically encounter it — is extremely brittle and easily broken. That’s due to defects in the ice, places where atoms have settled into a spot that Keep reading
Columbia Glacier’s Retreat
In southeastern Alaska, the Columbia Glacier once stretched as far as Heather Island in Prince William Sound. After a long period of stability, the glacier began retreating in 1980 and Keep reading