Chasing cracks on an Antarctic ice shelf

UK scientists are seeking to understand the triggers that result in the production of giant Antarctic icebergs. Nearly half of the ice lost from the white continent comes from the shedding of ... Read More

Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.

The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why. Read More

Scientists probe the secrets of mega icebergs

UK scientists are seeking to understand the triggers that result in the production of giant Antarctic ... properties of the ice. Watch: The team looks for the end of a crack that could spawn ... Read More

What’s Forming This Giant Hole in the Antarctic Sea Ice? Scientists Finally Know

Every now and then for the last 50 years, an enormous hole opens up in the Antarctic sea ice. And by enormous, we mean truly enormous — the feature in question was twice the size of Wales last time it ... Read More

Oceanography News

2024 — New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels. The study sheds new ... Read More

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Climate Change Amplifies Severity of Combined Wind-Rain Extremes Over the UK and Ireland May 3, 2024 — Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and ... Read More

Antarctic Affects Behavior

A version of this article appears in the July 4, 1959 issue of Science News. Love our Health & Medicine stories? Our coverage would not be possible without the generous support of subscribers to ... Read More

Scientists sound the alarm after examining Antarctic krill: 'Even the polar environment is not free'

and colors of plastic within the Antarctic krill," per Sierra. A separate study published by scientists in Royal Society Open Science measured microplastics in both krill as well as jellyfish-like ... Read More

Scientists probe the secrets of mega icebergs

A23a: Tracking the world's biggest iceberg 'Ice bumps' reveal history of Antarctic melting Rapid ice movement monitored under UK polar ... he told BBC News. The BAS scientists are describing ... Read More

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May 2 (UPI) -- SpaceX successfully launched the Maxar 1 mission carrying two next-gen WorldView Legion satellites Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base ... 26 (UPI) -- Scientists at NASA ... Read More

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