How fast can Antarctica rise when the ice melts?
Earth is finally free to rise after hundreds of thousands of years of ice suppression.
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Volcano under ice sheet suggests thickening of West Antarctic ice is short-term
A region of West Antarctica is behaving differently from most of the continent's ice: A large patch of ice there is thickening, unlike other parts of West Antarctica that are losing ice. Whether this thickening trend will ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 6, 2018
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New Antarctic rift data has implications for volcanic evolution
New data revealing two tectonic plates fused to form a single Antarctic Plate 15 million years later than originally predicted and this extra motion has major implications for understanding of the tectono-volcanic activity ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2018
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Glaciers in East Antarctica also 'imperiled' by climate change, researchers find
A team of scientists from the University of California, Irvine has found evidence of significant mass loss in East Antarctica's Totten and Moscow University glaciers, which, if they fully collapsed, could add 5 meters (16.4 ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2018
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Kelp's record journey exposes Antarctic ecosystems to change
When Chilean researcher Dr. Erasmo Macaya from Universidad de Concepción and Centro IDEAL stumbled upon foreign kelp washed up on an Antarctic beach, he knew he had found something significant.
Environment
Jul 16, 2018
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Satellites track vanishing Antarctic ice
Monitoring Antarctica from space has revealed how its ice is being lost to the oceans, providing crucial insight into the continent's response to a warming climate.
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2018
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Long thought silent because of ice, study shows east Antarctica seismically active
Because instruments were finally installed there, scientists can no longer say that East Antarctica is unusually seismically silent.
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2018
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Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole
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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Antarctic seals can help predict ice sheet melt
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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Sperm whale 'clicks' help scientists understand behaviour
Scientists have recorded thousands of hours of "clicks" that sperm whales make to forage for food and communicate, helping them better understand the behaviour of one of the Southern Ocean's key predators.
Plants & Animals
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