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Wind is thawing Greenland, but also helping Antarctica retain its ice sheets somehow
Even if you leave the various glacier-laced mountains out of the equation, the ice sheets in Greenl…
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An 'ice-free' summer awaits the Arctic within ten years, study finds!
Although Arctic ice has been steadily diminishing over the past fifty years, the most dramatic decl…
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Octopus DNA gives scientists a glimpse into Antarctica's ancient past, and a possible highly unstable future
By studying the DNA of separate octopus populations, they stumbled upon a remarkable truth: around …
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The world's oceans last month were warmer than any other May since the beginning of the 19th century
The report comes a mere month after April 2023 also broke all records for sea-surface temperature h…
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Greenland’s ice sheets are melting too quickly, and we’re already halfway to the point of no return
Imagine you stand by the ocean line at the beach, where the rolling waves periodically drench your …
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Melting poles: Unprecedented levels of sea ice loss threatens global climate balance
Sea ice plays a crucial role in maintaining Earth's temperature by reflecting a significant amount …
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South Pole Secret! Massive network of prehistoric valleys, lakes and hills found deep under Antarctica
Antarctica might be a vast ice sheet today, but it wasn't always so. Portions of the southern conti…
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Sea levels rose by one centimetre in past two years; last eight years might be the hottest ever: WMO
In fact, the pace of sea-level rising has doubled since 1993, which could have potential calamitous…
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Map shows the ice sheets and glaciers melting that scientists most fear will be the source of catastrophic rising sea levels
Sea levels are rising steadily each year due to global warming, but these glaciers and ice sheets m…
Marianne Guenot,Annie Fu
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Antarctic ice may melt 20 years sooner than estimated — global sea levels likely to rise by an additional three inches by 2100
The fact that the polar ice sheets are melting as the planet gets warmers is no secret. However, sc…
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Why the melting of the Arctic ice matters to India
The Arctic has experienced two to four times faster temperature increases than the rest of the worl…
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Nepal is planning to move its Everest base camp because of rapidly thinning glaciers and erosion from climbers
The base camp, which is on top of a glacier thinning at a rate of 1 meter per year, is unsafe for c…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Thanks to a secret Cold War project, researchers found fossilized plants 4,500 feet under Greenland's ice sheet
Fossilized plants found deep below the ice suggest the ice sheet disappeared at least once in the l…
Aria Bendix
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Greenland's melting ice sheet has 'passed the point of no return,' scientists say, dooming it to disappear
Rising temperatures have driven Greenland's glaciers past a critical tipping point, where snowfall …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Antarctica's sea ice is decreasing, but that seems to also be increasing snowfall over the continent!
Antarctica's ice sheet, like Greenland, comprises a massive reservoir of freshwater. The primary so…
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Lost samples from a secret army base reveal that Greenland's ice vanished 416,000 years ago. That means it could melt way faster than expected.
The Cold War-era mission uncovered evidence of catastrophic melt when the atmosphere had 50% less c…
Maiya Focht
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Greenland's vast ice sheet is being turned black by algae, part of a vicious cycle making it melt faster
Climate change is accelerating the proliferation of these algae, one expert said. This in turn acce…
Marianne Guenot
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Key ice shelf on Antarctica's doomsday glacier will probably shatter like a car windshield within 5 years, scientists say
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier — a key source of sea-level rise — will melt much faster after losing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The sea-level rise from Antarctica's melting ice sheet could be 30% higher than estimated due to an effect scientists previously thought was 'inconsequential,' new study says
The "water expulsion mechanism" means global sea-level rise over the next 1,000 years could be 3.3 …
Marianne Guenot
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'The Day After Tomorrow' film foretold a real and troubling trend: The Atlantic ocean's circulation system is weakening
New research suggests the type of climate shift depicted in the film "The Day After Tomorrow" is po…