A key factor in the Arctic's rapid melting is ... break up shelf ice faster than it would otherwise," Purich said. "Once the shelf glaciers break away, the land ice supported by them could slide into ...
When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice shelves, weighing them down and causing the ice to bend. Now, for the first time in the ...
Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse. When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice ...
The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.
A meteorite found during a 2012 expedition to the area near Szabo Bluff in the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica. (Dr. Katie Joy/Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program) Antarctica is home to ...
There is an element of truth here — the thick cap of multiyear Arctic sea ice that has shaped the region for thousands of ...
The study by the British Antarctic Survey found that record-low sea ice levels ... The chicks are reared until they develop ...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 The U.N. weather agency is sounding a "red alert" about global warming, citing record ...
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