Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling Apart

When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away ...
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'Warm water' from deep sea flowing towards one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. | Credit: Data courtesy of Landsat 8 satellite (Bands ...
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Coast Guard icebreaker turning 50 on annual Antarctica deployment

USCGC Polar Star, the service's only heavy icebreaker, at Coast Guard Base Seattle on Nov. 13, 2025. The ship is preparing to ...
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Eric Steig introduces UW to the magic of ice cores

Gemma O’Connor, a UW post-doctorate in the School of Oceanography, approached a relatively common scientific belief that ice sheet decline in western Antarctica was driven by westerly winds. By proxy, ...

Northumbria University academic leads Antarctica research offering new climate hope

Dr Kate Winter has led a research paper which has found that newly exposed mountain peaks could significantly increase the ...
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New model clarifies why water freezes at a range of temperatures

NEW ORLEANS, March 20, 2024 — From abstract-looking cloud formations to roars of snow machines on ski slopes, the transformation of liquid water into solid ice touches many facets of life. Water’s ...