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How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic Ice Sheet stability. Credit: European Space Agency But subglacial water is largely ...
Through satellite gravimetry analysis of Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) mass changes from 2002 to 2023, striking mass change rates ...
They found animal and marine life as deep as nearly 4,300 feet. The species in the newly discovered ecosystem include ...
Five tipping points — the disintegration of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, coral reef die-offs, collapse of the Labrador-Irminger Seas convection and abrupt permafrost thaw ...
An ice shelf twenty times as large as the island of Manhattan, called the Conger ice shelf, had suddenly fragmented into icebergs and floated away. The Antarctic ... When they collapse, a ...
The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.
Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of refreezing glaciers in place.
Earlier this year, a gigantic iceberg fell from the Antarctic ice sheet. When the approximately 19-mile long chunk of ice (roughly the size of Chicago) broke off on Jan. 13, it revealed an area of ...
What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...