Sea ice cover in Antarctica shrank rapidly to a record low in late 2016 and has remained well below average. But what's behind this dramatic melting and low ice cover since?
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2019
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Antarctica experienced a sixfold increase in yearly ice mass loss between 1979 and 2017, according to a study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Glaciologists from the University of California, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2019
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An American adventurer has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.
Earth Sciences
Dec 26, 2018
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The eye of the tiger is flying high above Antarctica once again.
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2018
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Scientists can now measure ice flow in Antarctica in far more detail, thanks to the help of a new satellite technology.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2018
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East Antarctica has the potential to reshape coastlines around the world through sea level rise, but scientists have long considered it more stable than its neighbor, West Antarctica. Now, new detailed NASA maps of ice velocity ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2018
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new NASA-led study has determined that an increase in snowfall accumulation over Antarctica during the 20th century mitigated sea level rise by 0.4 inches. However, Antarctica's additional ice mass gained from snowfall makes ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2018
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Climate scientists missed a lot about a quarter century ago when they predicted how bad global warming would be.
Environment
Nov 29, 2018
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Scientists have documented a two-part climatic connection between the North Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica, a fast atmospheric channel and a much slower oceanic one, that caused rapid changes in climate during the last ice ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2018
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In a study released on Nature Climate Change's website today, scientists draw from recent findings to underscore the multifaceted dynamics of surface melting in Antarctica. The study authors come from Columbia University's ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2018
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