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Warm sea water is melting Antarctic glaciers
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
The ice sheet in West Antarctica is melting faster than expected. New observations published by oceanographers from the University of Gothenburg and the US may ...
Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, CU research team finds
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, accor...
Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses
Dec 06, 2012 (ESA)
After two decades of satellite observations, an international team of experts brought together by ESA and NASA has produced the most accurate assessment of ice ...
Adventurer to recreate Shackleton's Antarctic exploits
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
A polar explorer who famously retraced Douglas Mawson's Antarctic trek launched an ambitious new challenge Sunday -- recreating Ernest Shackleton's perilous cro...
Ice Sheet Loss At Both Poles Increasing, Study Finds
Nov 30, 2012 (JPL)
An international team of experts supported by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has combined data from multiple satellites and aircraft to produce the mo...
Embracing data 'noise' brings Greenland's complex ice melt into focus
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
An enhanced approach to capturing changes on the Earth's surface via satellite could provide a more accurate account of how ice sheets, river basins and other g...
Definitive study highlights polar ice melt
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
The melting of polar ice caps raised sea levels by nearly half an inch (11 millimeters) over the last two decades, scientists said Thursday, calling it the most...
Canada, Denmark settle Arctic territorial dispute
Nov 29, 2012 (AFP)
Canada and Denmark have settled a decades-old dispute over an Arctic maritime boundary, their foreign ministers said Thursday, though disagreement remains over ...
Beware of permafrost peril, climate talks told
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
Melting permafrost is emerging as a new factor in climate change, allowing long-frozen carbon to be released into the air and accelerating global warming, the U...
Ancient microbes found living beneath the icy surface of Antarctic lake
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Frit...
Alaska's iconic Columbia Glacier expected to stop retreating in 2020
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
The wild and dramatic cascade of ice into the ocean from Alaska's Columbia Glacier, an iconic glacier featured in the documentary "Chasing Ice" and one of the f...
Emperor penguins use sea ice to rest between long foraging periods
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time, researchers tracking the behavior of emperor penguins near the sea have identified the importance of sea ice for the penguins' feeding habit...
Greenland's viking settlers gorged on seals
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
Greenland's viking settlers, the Norse, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from Greenland about 500 years ago. Natural disasters, climate change and the inab...
Ocean currents play a role in predicting extent of Arctic sea ice
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
Each winter, wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean freeze to form sheets of sea ice that spread over millions of square miles. This ice acts as a massive sun visor fo...
Scientists say new signs of global warming in Russian Arctic
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
The Russian Arctic is losing ice cover and being inhabited by species from the south in the latest sign of climate change, according to a group of Russian scien...
Warming Temperatures Will Change Greenland's Face
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Global climate models abound. What is harder to pin down, however, is how a warmer global temperature might affect any specific region on Earth. Dr. Marco Tedes...
New dating of sea-level records reveals rapid response between ice volume and polar temperature
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
A new study has revealed a rapid response between global temperature and ice volume/sea-level, which could lead to sea-levels rising by over one metre. During t...
Melting Glaciers Raise Sea Level
Nov 18, 2012 (SPX)
Anthropogenic climate change leads to melting glaciers and rising sea level. Between 1902 and 2009, melting glaciers contributed 11 cm to sea level rise. They w...
Summer has arrived at frozen Antarctic runway
Nov 14, 2012 (ESA)
The first plane to reach Antarctic research base Concordia in nine months landed yesterday, bringing fresh food and replacements for the crew that spent winter ...
Why Antarctic sea ice cover has increased under the effects of climate change
Nov 14, 2012 (SPX)
The first direct evidence that marked changes to Antarctic sea ice drift have occurred over the last 20 years, in response to changing winds, is published this ...
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