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ICE LOSS IN ANTARCTICA
Antarctica is in the middle of winter right now. Scientists are worried about a France-sized stretch of ocean where ice is failing to formWinter is the season when Antarctica's frozen edge usually expands. This year, one part of the continent is doing the opposite. Scientists ...- 56 million dead, one frozen secret: Antarctica outed the deadliest secret in human historyAntarctic ice cores climate change: Scientists found ancient air trapped in Antarctic ice. This ice holds records of Earth's atmosphere for...
- On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...
- Quote of the Day by Edgar Allan Poe: ‘The death of a beautiful woman is...’ - Why heartbreak often inspires humanity’s most influential stories and the gothic philosophy behind grief, beauty, and human emotionQuote of the Day by Edgar Allan Poe suggests tragic love stories leave a lasting impact. Poe believed the death of a beautiful woman was th...
- A tiny lake beside Canada’s oldest ice mass creates a surreal scene from spaceA striking satellite image reveals Gee Lake on Baffin Island, a remnant of the ancient Laurentide Ice Sheet. This ice cap, dating back 20,0...
- A Giant Rock Structure Beneath Antarctica Could Potentially Affect Sea LevelsScientists have uncovered a massive 100 km wide, 7 km thick granite structure beneath Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, formed approximatel...
- Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
- Antarctica's ice shelves reduced by over 40 per cent in volume over 25 years: StudyA study published in the journal Science Advances reveals that 71 out of 162 ice shelves surrounding Antarctica have decreased in volume fr...
- Study says the speed of ice loss is increasing, Earth losing 1.3 trillion tonnes a yearThe researchers noted that ice melt across the globe raises sea levels, increases the risk of flooding to coastal communities, and threaten...
- Antarctica may drive rapid sea-level rise under climate change: Study
- Antarctica ice melting increased by 280% in last 16 years, study saysThe researchers were able to discern that between 1979 and 1990, Antarctica shed an average of 40 gigatonnes of ice mass annually. From 200...
- Antarctic ice sheet stable since warmer times: Study
- Runaway loss of Antarctic ice may last for centuries: StudySatellite observations show that parts of the Antarctic ice sheet are currently thinning in response to a warming ocean.
- Himalayan glaciers to ice in Antarctica!A report by NASA scientists suggests that the Antarctic ice sheet may actually be expanding, growing every year, despite a warming globe!
- Antarctica's ice loss changed Earth's gravity: StudyAntarctica has lost so much ice that it has caused a shift in Earth's gravity, according to a new study.
- Antarctica's ice loss changed Earth's gravity: StudyThe European Space Agency (ESA)'s GOCE satellite has shown that the ice lost from West Antarctica over the last few years has left its sign...
- East Antarctica is sliding sidewaysWest Antarctica is losing billions of tonnes of ice per year and its softer mantle rock is being nudged westward by the harder mantle benea...
- Antarctica's underwater melt behind 90% of ice loss: StudyMelting of Antarctica's submerged ice shelves accounts for as much as 90 per cent of ice loss in some areas, a new study suggests.
- Global warming may raise sea levels by more than 2 metres: StudyHalf of that rise might come from ice-loss in Antarctica which is currently contributing less than 10 per cent to global sea-level rise.
- Polar Ice-sheet melting jumps three-fold: NASAThe combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years says a landmark st...
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