Ice core samples show West Antarctic ice sheet survived the last interglacial event
An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...
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Antarctic ice sheet may be less vulnerable to collapse than expected
The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...
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Time-Lapse Of Radar Images Shows How The Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses
Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...
“Death by a Thousand Cuts” – New Research Reveals That Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Are Dying
Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...
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Giant icebergs are not the main threat to Antarctica’s stability
While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...
World's largest iceberg is falling apart! Huge TRILLION-tonne 'megaberg' that is twice the size of Greater London has lost an enormous chunk, satellite images reveal
The jagged fragment has an area of roughly 31 sq miles (80 sq km) - just a fraction of the approximately 1,297 sq miles ...
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A week after ‘Titanic’ rescues of 1 dog after another, Dog Beach reopens
Evanston Fire Department crews had just rescued a dog in distress from the icy Dog Beach Jan. 25. The firefighters had ...
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Scientists Worried As One Major Problem Could Be Putting Antarctica’s Largest Ice Shelf at Risk
The gushing spout of warm water could rapidly melt the Antarctic ice shelf and lead to rising sea levels sooner than we think.
The secret history of the Arctic and Antarctica
When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to ...
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Antarctica ice shelves melting faster than estimated
Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new US Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British ...
Woman dives into Lake Michigan to save dog
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A woman was rescued from Lake Michigan after diving in to pull her dog out of the icy water, Grand Haven Department of Public Safety says. A 51-year-old woman from Grand Haven was ...