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…
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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”
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…
Left: 3D visualization from the magnetotelluric scan of Erebus interior (red is most conductive and magma rich); Right: schematic depiction of magmatic processes. Upward flow…
Iceberg A-68A thickness. 2017 – 2021. Researchers recently chronicled the death throes of A-68A, one of the world’s largest-known icebergs. As soon as an iceberg…
Lead author Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install geophysical instruments to measure groundwater below West Antarctica’s Whillans Ice Stream. Credit: Kerry Key/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory…
Unnamed island off the Glenzer and Conger ice shelves in East Antarctica. November 15, 1989 – January 9, 2022 An unnamed mound of white off…
Map of the Amundsen Sea Basin. Credit: European Geosciences Union A new study provides the first evidence that rising greenhouse gases have a long-term warming…
February 24, 2022 March 23, 2022 In March 2022, old sea ice crumbled away as new ice formed off the coast of Antarctica’s Marie Byrd…