Aerial photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula’s glaciers. Credit: Dr. Anna E. Hogg, University of Leeds According to researchers, glaciers – massive blocks of moving ice…
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Melting in cracks and crevasses where ice enters the ocean at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is faster than scientists thought. Credit: NASA Data come from an…
Nodules on the seafloor at the study site, photographed by an underwater camera. Credit: YAO Huiqiang Antarctic bottom water (AABW) covers more than two-thirds of…
A research camp at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide. Credit: Bradley Markle University of Colorado at Boulder scientists and an international team of…
The icefin robot under the ice near McMurdo research station, operated by the US Antarctic Program. Credit: Rob Robbins USAP Results provide close-up view of…
Doomsday Glacier Is “In Trouble” – Surprising Results From Underwater Robot Close-Up View of Melting
The icefin robot under the ice near McMurdo research station, operated by the US Antarctic Program. Credit: Rob Robbins USAP New data from an international…
Sea level rise contributions from the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and maps of projected 2150 CE Antarctic ice sheet surface elevation following different greenhouse…
These images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite show the before and after of the massive slab of ice that broke away from the Brunt Ice…
Research ship the Nathaniel B Palmer at the Thwaites Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Credit: Aleksandra Mazur A process that can contribute to the melting of…
The researchers with their 16.7-pound find. White helmet: Maria Schönbächler. Green helmet: Maria Valdes. Black helmet: Ryoga Maeda. Orange helmet: Vinciane Debaille. Credit: Photo courtesy…
An ice age is a period of time when the Earth’s climate is characterized by much cooler temperatures, with large ice sheets and glaciers covering…
Researchers have uncovered evidence that vast phytoplankton blooms may be lurking beneath Antarctic ice. Scientists using NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
Model of the river system. Credit: Dow et al. 2022 An unexpected river under the Antarctic ice sheet affects the flow and melting of ice,…
According to the authors, the study demonstrates how certain arctic species are remarkably well-adapted to living on and around the ice. Life in the poles…
It is estimated that melting ice in the Antarctic could sea levels to rise by up to 50 meters. A new study charts 45,000,000 years…
Copernicus Sentinel-2 image of the Halloween Crack in Antarctica. The image was captured on October 25, 2022. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2022), processed…
According to new research, refreezing the poles by reducing incoming sunlight would be both feasible and remarkably cheap. Earth’s poles are warming several times faster…
Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice Discovered by NASA – “Antarctica Is Crumbling at Its Edges”
Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice Discovered by NASA – “Antarctica Is Crumbling at Its Edges”
The 200-foot-tall (60-meter-tall) front of the Getz Ice Shelf in Antarctica is scored with cracks where icebergs are likely to break off, or calve, in…
The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers have been retreating at an accelerated pace and have already increased global sea levels. A study finds that two…
Mounds of snow-like frazil ice under the Antarctic ice shelf. According to research from UT Austin, Europa’s ice shell could be made of the same…