Researchers have discovered mountain ranges and three huge, deep subglacial valleys from data collected during the first modern aerogeophysical survey of the South Pole region.
Earth Sciences
May 25, 2018
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Two species of seal found in Antarctic seas are helping scientists collect data about the temperature and salinity of waters around vulnerable ice sheets in West Antarctica.
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2018
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Antarctica's great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has found.
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2018
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On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a crewed flight returning from the Moon.
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2017
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Scientists with NASA's longest-running airborne mission to map polar ice, Operation IceBridge, completed a successful science flight on Oct. 29, inaugurating their 2017 survey of Antarctic sea and land ice. For the first ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2017
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Research led by a Stirling academic has revealed how glaciers disappeared from Scotland at the end of the last Ice Age.
Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2017
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An Edinburgh student has helped identify what may be the largest volcanic region on Earth.
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2017
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Reporting this week in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 5, 2017
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a landbound mass of ice larger than Mexico, experienced substantial surface melt through the austral summer of 2015-2016 during one of the largest El Niño events of the past 50 years, according ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2017
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Central parts of Antarctica's ice sheet have been stable for millions of years, from a time when conditions were considerably warmer than now, research suggests.
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2017
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