Global Warming Signs Stronger in Antarctica
Signs of global warming are three times more apparent in Antarctica than across the rest of the planet, a new study shows. The launch of a weather balloon at the British Antarctic Survey Halley Research Station. Credit: British Antarctic Survey, ... [... more]
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New City-sized Iceberg Created Near Antarctica
A city-sized iceberg has broken off an island near Antarctica. The iceberg is about 8 miles wide and 15 miles long. It broke free of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, a large glacial ice sheet along the northwestern section of Queen Maud Land, in the eastern ... [... more]
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Antarctica Losing Ice, Contrary to Expectations
Joining the growing list of places on this planet that are melting, Antarctica is losing some 36 cubic miles of ice every year, scientists said today. A floating iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo courtesy CU-Boulder National Snow and Ice ... [... more]
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Two Large Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice
Scientists have found the second and third largest bodies of subsurface water there. MODIS satellite image showing location of Sovetskaya Antarctic research station and 90ºE Lake in relation to Lake Vostok. Credit: Earth Institute at Columbia [... more]
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10 Ways You Can Improve Earth's Health
How we treat Earth involves trillions of little decisions by billions of individuals. The scientific and political arguments surrounding the health of our planet can make the whole topic seem beyond the grasp of the individual. How fast is the ... [... more]
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Vast Plumbing Network Discovered Beneath Antarctica
A network of channels beneath Antarctica's ice could allow the movement of water, and life, from one underground lake to another. An intricate network of channels beneath Antarctica's ice sheets could allow water, and possibly life, to shuttle ... [... more]
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Antarctic Snow Constant for 50 Years
Contrary to expectations, there has been no increase in precipitation over Antarctica in the past half-century. Computer models assessing global climate change call for an increase in Antarctic precipitation as atmospheric temperatures rise. But ... [... more]
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Rare Cloud Formation Seen in Antarctica
A rare and spectacular cloud formation has been seen at the end of the polar night at Australia's Mawson station in Antarctica. A rare and spectacular cloud formation has been seen at the end of the polar night at Australia's Mawson station in ... [... more]
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Huge Iceberg Breaks Apart in Antarctica
In an ongoing saga of destruction, an iceberg about the size of the Hawaiian island of Maui has split into three pieces in the frigid Antarctic, scientists said Friday. The icebergs B-15M, B-15P and B-15N on Oct. 31, after B-15A broke apart. ... [... more]
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Expedition Explains Strange Antarctic Megadunes
Vast ripples seem invisible from the surface but look like giant fingerprints from space. Huge frozen dunes create corduroy-like snow patterns that stretch across the Antarctic landscape. From space, the ripples resemble giant fingerprints. But ... [... more]
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Wild Iceberg Tears up Antarctica
Another collision appears imminent for B-15A, which has already redrawn maps. This 16 May 2005 satellite image shows the bottle-shaped B-15A iceberg adjacent to the landfast Aviator Glacier ice tongue, toward the top of the image. The Drygalski ... [... more]
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Antarctic Glaciers Melting Rapidly
Survey finds 84 percent of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers have retreated over the past 50 years. A new study of glaciers in a portion of the Antarctic finds 84 percent of them have retreated over the past 50 years in response to a warmer ... [... more]
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