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An ice shelf previously thought to be stable has collapsed in Antarctica
The shelf was the size of New York City and collapsed as temperatures in the region soared to more …
Rebecca Cohen
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An iceberg about 70 times the size of Manhattan broke off from Antarctica, creating the world's largest iceberg
The iceberg is over 1,600 square miles, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday. Scientists sai…
Marianne Guenot
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After a massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica, it revealed a long-hidden world of creatures on the seafloor
The research vessel Polarstern in the gap between iceberg A74 (right) and Brunt Ice Shelf (left).Al…
Aylin Woodward
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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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One-third of the Antarctic ice shelf could collapse if the world continues to heat up at its current rate
As climate change is making temperatures soar, more than a third of the Antarctic's ice shelf could…
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Time-lapse video shows the ice shelf of one of Antarctica's largest glaciers breaking into large chunks
Time-lapse footage of Pine Island Glacier between 2017 and 2020 shows its ice shelf breaking into l…
Sophia Ankel
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Researchers discovered a hidden Antarctic landscape under a layer of ice over a mile thick that shows how different the continent looked millions of years ago
There are ancient hills and valleys preserved under a thick layer of ice in Antarctica. The frozen …
Jenny McGrath
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Canada's last fully intact ice shelf has suddenly collapsed, forming a Manhattan-sized iceberg
The 4,000-year-old ice shelf fell apart at the end of July as summer temperatures soared, scientist…
Benji Jones
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After decades of climate change, 42 square miles of ice broke away from the largest remaining Arctic shelf and shattered
The Spalte Glacier in northeast Greenland has split off the Arctic's largest ice shelf and is adrif…
Mia Jankowicz
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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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Nancy Pelosi says she eats ice cream for breakfast and used to sneak into her college dining room after hours to steal it
Nancy Pelosi told Ruthie Rogers, host of "River Cafe Table 4" podcast, that her college friends wou…
Armani Syed
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An iceberg the size of Los Angeles just broke off Antarctica - and it could happen again within weeks
Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf is replete with cracks. One crack has been growing for months, and a 4…
Aylin Woodward
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Texas teen is accused of urinating on a Walmart shelf in the same week that a woman turned herself in for peeing on Walmart potatoes
Police also discovered that the group of three tried to steal a case of beer from the store before …
Hayley Peterson
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Scientists accidentally found life under 3,000 feet of ice in Antarctica. 'Never in a million years' would they have expected it, the lead scientist said.
Animal life was found in the icy waters beneath the Filchner-Ronne ice sheet, which experts had tho…
Marianne Guenot
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This $218 ice cream maker lets me make gelato and other cold treats with minimal effort - here's how it work
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James Brains
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This company is selling individually carved 'luxury' ice cubes made of purified water - and charging $325 per bag
"Our elegant design provides minimum dilution and maximum cooling, greatly enhancing enjoyment at t…
Katie Warren
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Incredible images of the biggest iceberg to break off the Antarctic shelf since the 1960s
A growing rift near the edge of the glacier was visible to satellites for several weeks before the …
NASA Earth Observatory
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1 in 3 Americans are at risk of lactose intolerance. A pair of millennial women invented an ice cream just for them, and now their bootstrapped dessert is in 1000 stores, including Whole Foods.
Boston's entrepreneurship scene is home to many highly competitive pitch contests, and Flannery and…
Dominick Reuter
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Antarctica's colossal iceberg is still alive 1 year after its birth - but the Maryland-size ice block is floating toward its doom
"The iceberg has been pushed around by ocean currents, tides, and winds, and its northern end has r…
Dave Mosher
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A 1,000-foot-thick ice block the size of Delaware is snapping off of Antarctica
When the block does break off, it will be the third-largest in recorded history. MacGregor said it'…