Clues from the past reveal the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's vulnerability to warming

The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among ...

Sentinel-1's decade of essential data over shifting ice sheets

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...
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Ancient Sediments Reveal Ice Sheet’s Vulnerability to Warming

Scientists from the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 379 showed that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated ...
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Mega-iceberg A23a, formerly the world's largest, turns into bright 'blue mush' as it finally dies after 40 years at sea

New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue ...
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Warming Vulnerability Exposed

The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among the fastest-melting ...

Researchers make mind-blowing discovery while analyzing Arctic ocean floor: 'What happened in the past is likely to recur'

Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica's ice sheet has collapsed and regrown ...
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Experts Tracked How Fast Greenland and Antarctica's Ice Is Moving — the Numbers Are Alarming

Using satellite data, scientists examined the changing states of polar ice and drafted velocity maps that revealed a dramatic ...
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Submarine vanishes beneath Antarctic ice after uncovering mysterious hidden structures scientists can’t explain

The frozen edges of Antarctica are less stable than they appear. Beneath the wide, seemingly immovable shelves of ice, the ...
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Huge ice dome in Greenland vanished 7,000 years ago — melting at temperatures we're racing toward today

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, ...
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Scientists Reveal a “One-Two Punch” is Causing Antarctica’s Ice Cap Collapse

The team studied a series of climate forcings to determine the primary factor that is making Antarctica's ice sheets ...
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Sub disappears under Antarctic ice after finding structures no one can explain

An autonomous research sub sent beneath the Antarctic ice returned images of vast, sculpted structures that no one can yet ...
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We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse

How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role ...