The pristine world of Antarctica, a kingdom of ice and snow, is facing a hidden danger: ocean currents. Its massive ice ...
Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ...
In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, ...
New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West ...
New research has found a "missing piece of the puzzle" of West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt, revealing that the collapse of the ...
Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in ...
Earth's surface typically creeps at a pace we can barely perceive. Tectonic plates inch along at speeds comparable to the ...
The potential acceleration and eventual disintegration of the Ross Ice Shelf, leading to its movement into the sea, would ...
Some of the waters around Antarctica glaciers are projected to warm at a pace three times faster than that of the previous ...
A recent study of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf has revealed a fascinating discovery: the entire ice sheet moves forward once ...
A University of Alabama associate professor of geological sciences is part of a seven-year project dedicated to researching a ...
The study by the British Antarctic Survey found that record-low sea ice levels ... The chicks are reared until they develop ...