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Scientists prepare to find oldest ice on Earth
Nov 14, 2016 (UPI)
The oldest ice core recovered from Antarctica -- found roughly a decade ago -- offered scientists a history of climate change going back 800,000 years. A new te...
Thawing ice makes the Alps grow
Nov 11, 2016 (SPX)
The Alps are steadily "growing" by about one to two millimeters per year. Likewise, the formerly glaciated subcontinents of North America and Scandinavia are al...
Kerry becomes first US top diplomat to visit Antarctica
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
Secretary of State John Kerry became the highest-ranking US government official to visit Antarctica Friday, citing global risks of climate change and the import...
Iceberg patrol gains faster updates from orbit
Nov 11, 2016 (ESA)
The international iceberg patrol service set up after the sinking of the Titanic is now able to track drifting ice from orbit more swiftly through ESA-backed cl...
Kerry to be first US top diplomat to visit Antarctica
Nov 05, 2016 (AFP)
John Kerry, an ardent champion of the fight against climate change, will become the first top US diplomat to visit Antarctica, where the world's largest protect...
How much Arctic sea ice are you melting? Scientists have the answer
Nov 03, 2016 (UPI)
Want to find out how much sea ice you're melting each time you take a road trip or fly across the country? Now you can find out, thanks to two researchers and t...
Losing its cool: Will ice melt heat up naval operations in Arctic Ocean?
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
As diminishing sea ice in the Arctic Ocean expands navigable waters, scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have traveled to the region to s...
Factors promoting growth of cryoconite granule formation and glacial-ice sheet melting
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Cryoconite granules (see Figure 1) are dark, millimeter-sized aggregations of bacteria and algae, mineral particles and organic matter that form on the surface ...
Why does our planet experience an ice age every 100,000 years?
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Experts from Cardiff University have offered up an explanation as to why our planet began to move in and out of ice ages every 100,000 years. This mysterious ph...
See how Arctic sea ice is losing its bulwark against warming summers
Nov 01, 2016 (SPX)
Arctic sea ice, the vast sheath of frozen seawater floating on the Arctic Ocean and its neighboring seas, has been hit with a double whammy over the past decade...
Nepal drains risky glacial lake near Everest
Oct 31, 2016 (AFP)
Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of live...
Arctic found to play unexpectedly large role in removing nitrogen
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
Areas of the Arctic play a larger role than previously thought in the global nitrogen cycle - the process responsible for keeping a critical element necessary f...
UCI and NASA document accelerated glacier melting in West Antarctica
Oct 27, 2016 (SPX)
Two new studies by researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA have found the fastest ongoing rates of glacier retreat ever observed in West An...
Ice shelf vibrations cause unusual waves in Antarctic atmosphere
Oct 25, 2016 (SPX)
Low-frequency vibrations of the Ross Ice Shelf are likely causing ripples and undulations in the air above Antarctica, a new study finds. Using mathematical mod...
Canada seeking to cooperate with Russia in the Arctic
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
Despite tensions over conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, Russia and the West have maintained a strong working relationship in the Arctic and Canada's new Liberal g...
Long-Serving DSCS Satellite Takes Over Role of Linking Antarctic Researchers to the World
Oct 24, 2016 (SPX)
Nearly 21 years after its launch, a Lockheed Martin-built satellite within the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) recently turned its attention to a...
Receding glaciers in Bolivia leave communities at risk
Oct 24, 2016 (SPX)
A new study published in The Cryosphere, an European Geosciences Union journal, has found that Bolivian glaciers shrunk by 43% between 1986 and 2014, and will c...
Salty snow could affect air pollution in the Arctic
Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)
In pictures, the Arctic appears pristine and timeless with its barren lands and icy landscape. In reality, the area is rapidly changing. Scientists are working ...
Consequences from Antarctica climate change
Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)
New research led by Portland State University glacier scientist Andrew Fountain reveals how a single warming event in Antarctica may be an indication of future ...
NASA Launches Eighth Year of Antarctic Ice Change Airborne Survey
Oct 19, 2016 (SPX)
At the southern end of the Earth, a NASA plane carrying a team of scientists and a sophisticated instrument suite to study ice is returning to surveying Antarct...
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