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Research reveals how Earth got its ice caps
Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the University of Leeds analyzed why Earth has predominantly existed in a greenhouse state without ice caps and why the current condit...
Antarctica's Only Native Insect Adapts to Extreme Climate with Unique Dormancy Strategy
Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)
Professor Shin G. Goto from the Graduate School of Science and Dr. Mizuki Yoshida, a former graduate student now a postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State Univers...
Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes
Feb 12, 2025 (SPX)
However, satellite measurements of the flow speed of ice streams show that such simulations are inaccurate and have shortcomings to correctly reflect reality. T...
Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: US data
Feb 04, 2025 (AFP)
Both the North and South Pole regions have warmed by some three degrees Celsius compared to late 19th-century levels, much faster than the global average. The U...
Greenland glacier accelerates each day with weather and tide changes
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
Although the term 'glacial' usually implies an exceedingly slow progression, researchers have discovered that ice masses can accelerate and decelerate on both d...
Greenland ice crevasses escalate fueling further rise in sea levels
Feb 04, 2025 (SPX)
Steep increases in crevassing, particularly in swiftly flowing sectors, may trigger feedback loops that accelerate ice loss and drive sea level rise. Since 1992...
Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
Jan 31, 2025 (SPX)
On October 3, 2023, a massive 14.7 million cubic meters of frozen moraine material collapsed into South Lhonak Lake, generating a tsunami-like wave reaching hei...
First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
The colossal iceberg -- which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes -- had largely stayed intact since it started ...
Otago Researchers Uncover Climate Influences on Antarctic Fast Ice
Jan 30, 2025 (SPX)
The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, examined fast ice conditions from 1986 to 2022. Fast ice, which forms when ocean water free...
Global sea levels could rise up to 1.9 meters by 2100 under high-emissions scenario
Jan 29, 2025 (SPX)
The study, published in the scientific journal Earth's Future, provides a 90 percent probability range for sea-level rise under a high-emissions scenario, compl...
Danish PM says received European support over Trump's Greenland bid
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
Trump has signalled that he wants the Arctic island -- which is believed to hold large untapped mineral and oil reserves -- to become part of the United States....
Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin island
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with South Georgia, a crucial wildlife breeding ground in the South At...
CORRECTED: Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin island
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with South Georgia, a crucial wildlife breeding ground in the South At...
Denmark announces $2 bn Arctic security plan
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
The announcement came after US President Donald Trump said he would "get Greenland", saying the autonomous Danish territory is needed for his country's "interna...
How is Antarctica melting
Jan 24, 2025 (SPX)
Ice loss from this sheet is projected to be the leading driver of sea level rise by 2100, yet its contribution remains highly uncertain. While sea levels are ce...
Save the world's glaciers to save the planet: UN
Jan 21, 2025 (AFP)
United Nations agencies launched an appeal to scale up efforts to rescue the world's 275,000 glaciers, which are rapidly melting away as the planet warms. The U...
Historic drilling campaign reaches more than 1.2-million-year-old ice
Jan 10, 2025 (SPX)
The extracted ice core offers an unparalleled record of Earth's climate history, including atmospheric temperatures and ancient air samples with greenhouse gase...
Antarctic sea ice rebounds from record lows: US scientists
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
The rate of sea ice loss during the warmer spring months of November and December slowed to well below average, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)...
2024 was hottest year on record for Norway's Arctic
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Last year was the third hottest and the third wettest since records began in 1901 for the Scandinavian nation, which is a major oil and gas producer. But the co...
Decline in Arctic ice pressure ridges revealed by long-term study
Jan 07, 2025 (SPX)
Satellite records spanning three decades confirm the dramatic transformation of Arctic ice. Ice coverage has steadily decreased, becoming thinner and more mobil...
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