OCEANOGRAPHY

Antarctic sea ice rebounds from record lows: US scientists

Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth's frozen continent...

Could habitable planets orbiting white dwarfs retain their oceans? Maybe

Potentially habitable exoplanets are so incredibly common that astronomers have started to consider more unusual situations where life might arise. Perhaps life can be...

Decades of observations uncover secrets of Antarctic fast ice

Sea ice that has persisted for at least 15 days and is held fast to the shoreline is called "fast ice." Around Antarctica, fast...

Massive Antarctic icebergs may calve at random, analysis suggests

Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change. Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the Delaware-sized (5,800 square...

ESA and NASA satellites deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice Sheet melting

Academics from Northumbria University are part of an international research team which has used data from satellites to track changes in the thickness of...

Ice is melting, seas are rising—how scientists are tracking the changes

Will the sea rise by 20 cm or 3 meters by 2100? This is obviously an interesting question to answer. Predicting the sea level...

Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say

The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the Southern Ocean, according...

New data from ‘the last ice area’ may help long-term conservation efforts in the Arctic

Earlier this year our international team of scientists from the Refuge Arctic consortium departed Iqaluit, Nvt. on a 56-day research expedition in the far...

Most coastal Arctic infrastructure faces instability by 2100, study warns

A new study has produced the first map of all coastal communities and infrastructure across the Arctic, showing the vulnerability of the built environment...

In Patagonia, more snow could protect glaciers from melt—but only if greenhouse gas are curbed emissions soon

In an era of dwindling glaciers, Southern Patagonia has managed to hold on to a surprising amount of its ice. But, a new study...

Oldest depictions of fishing discovered in Ice Age art: Camp site reveals 15,800-year-old engravings of fish trapping

The Ice Age camp site of Gönnersdorf on the banks of the Rhine has revealed a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on early...

What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic: What the fast-warming region tells us about the future

The Arctic is warming faster than any other area of the planet. How environmental change affects the landscape, weather patterns and infrastructure for communities—not...

Recent articles

spot_img