Antarctica ‘more fragile’ than feared as most detailed map of iceless continent revealed
The British Antarctic Survey has revealed a new map showing what Antarctica looks like under the several thousands of meters ...
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions − World Day for Glaciers carries a reminder
In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of ...
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They scaled one of the world’s largest unclimbed rock faces. Blizzards and falling ice almost stopped them
The steep rock is more than ... of Greenland’s ice cap. “Behind these really cool walls, we did some useful science. That is win, win, all the way across the world,” Honnold explains.
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World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote island
The world's largest iceberg has run aground in ... it will grind backwards and forwards, eroding the rock and ice. "If the ice underneath is rotten - eroded by salt - it'll crumble away under ...
Antarctica breakthrough as scientists make incredible discoveries 2,000 metres below ice
Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...
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A detailed map of Rock Glaciers in the Western Himalayas
A new study brings attention to a different type of glacier - Rock glaciers, which are landforms composed of rocks and ice, ...
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Erosion and Weathering
The water pools in cracks and crevices. Then, at night, the temperature drops and the water expands as it turns to ice, splitting the rock like a sledgehammer to a wedge. The next day, under the ...
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Cranes lift massive ice blocks into place for first U.S. ice climbing World Cup event since 2019
The last time the U.S. hosted a World Cup ice climbing event was six years ago ... got to the point where I needed to start roping up, and found rock climbing,” said Umstead, who grew up in ...