A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...
By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to ...
Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...
A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...
Naturally, the land beneath that massive sheet of ice is of great interest to the scientific community, both for its own sake and for the data we could glean about climate change and ocean levels.
IT COMES FROM THE ATLANTIC. AND IF THE WHAT WE CALL THE BATHYMETRY, THE SHAPE OF THE SEA FLOOR ALLOWS IT, IT WILL FLOW INTO THE FJORD AND GET UNDER THAT ICE TONGUE AND START TO BREAK IT UP AND ...
The British Antarctic Survey has revealed a new map showing what Antarctica looks like under the several thousands of meters ...
This means areas that were once fields of snow and are now simply rock with the freezing line ... by around twice the global average. Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record ...