Accelerated melting of two fast-moving outlet glaciers that drain Antarctic ice into the Amundsen Sea Embayment is likely the result, in part, of an increase in sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2011
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New studies of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have shown that climate change is having a more considerable impact than first thought.
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Antarctica may not be the world's largest landmass -- it's the fifth-largest continent -- but resting on top of that land is the world's largest ice sheet. That ice holds more than 60 percent of Earth's fresh ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2010
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NASA-funded researchers monitoring Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier report that a 7 square kilometer (2.7 square mile) section of the glacier broke up on July 6 and 7, as shown in the image above. The calving front - ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 12, 2010
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Scientists who study the melting of Greenland's glaciers are discovering that water flowing beneath the ice plays a much more complex role than they previously imagined.
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009
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