An Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting Study Finds A Previously Unknown Factor
One mechanism that may hasten the demise of Antarctic ice shelves has been identified by scientists. Instability in one ice…
Major Water System Found Underneath Antarctica’s Glaciers
Sediments under a section of the West Antarctic ice sheet have been found to contain enormous amounts of water. This…
Greenland and Antarctica Ice Sheets Are Losing Billions of Tons of Mass Yearly
Using the measurements provided by NASA’s ICESat-2 show, Ben Smith of the University of Washington, conducted a study and published…
Antarctica Is Melting, Supposedly, Rising The Sea Level
Researchers have analyzed the ice in Denman Glacier, a 20 kilometers glacier situated in East Antarctica. A recently published study…
Antarctica Was a Warm Rainforest in the Distant Past
The word Antarctica will usher into existence a vast desert of ice and snow in the imagination of many people,…
Another Massive Glacier in Antarctica Retreats due to Global Warming
A team of researchers has discovered that one of the biggest glaciers in the world has retreated over a distance…
Polar Ice Melts Six Times Faster in Comparison to Three Decades Ago
New data shows that ice located in Greenland and Antarctica is melting at a rate which is six times faster…
Ocean Warming Off Antarctica Coastlines Might Trigger Fast Sea-Level Rising
On a continuously warming planet, most of the ice range comprising West Antarctica would be wasted. According to the latest…
We Have the Most Precise Map Ever of What’s Underneath the Ice Sheets of Antarctica
There’s a new map that shows what the land looks like underneath the ice on Antarctica. This map is helping…
Massive Statue of a Face Unearthed by Google Earth in Antarctica
A recent discovery of a -what it seems to be- human-made carving that resembles a massive face was done through…