The Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than we thought—here’s why it matters
This Antarctic ice mass holds an immense volume of water that, if it melts, could set off a chain reaction, driving sea ...
Glaciers Reveal When Volcanoes Are on Brink of Eruption
New research shows that glaciers near active volcanoes flow faster than other glaciers. The findings suggest it would be ...
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Earth's Greatest Ice Age Really Did Bring Ice Sheets To The Equator
Immense glaciers once covered the entire Earth, reaching even the equator, geologists have confirmed. The discovery that this ...
'Doomsday' Antarctic glacier melting faster than expected, fueling calls for geoengineering
New studies about the Thwaites Glacier, also called the "Doomsday Glacier," have sparked a conversation about geoengineering ...
Critical Antarctica glacier appears to be smoking in rare view from space
A vital glacier in western Antarctica appears to be smoking in a rare view captured by a NASA satellite earlier this month.
NASA satellite captures rare sight of 'sea smoke' at Antarctica's Pine Island glacier
A satellite hundreds of miles above Earth captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers ...
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Can geoengineering save the Doomsday Glacier?
Recent studies on the Thwaites Glacier, infamously known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” have fueled discussions on potential ...
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Experts discuss potential effects on campus events, activities as ice sheets diminish
As global warming and climate change persist, the melting of ice in lakes poses severe and misunderstood threats to ...
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Shrinking tropical glaciers linked to warmer Pacific temperatures
Tropical glaciers continue to lose ice at a faster pace than in most other parts of the world. The size of the largest ...
Rare Sea Smoke and Streaming Snow Phenomena Captured Near Pine Island Glacier
At the same time, intense winds whipped snow from the surrounding ice sheet, adding streams of white across the glacier. This ...
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Critical Antarctica glacier appears to be smoking in rare view from space
The glacier acts like plumbing for the massive ice sheet that abuts it, sending a flow of ice into the adjacent ocean. That flow has been increasing “dramatically” since the 1990s as the ...