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Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a paper featured on the cover of Science....
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) serves as the Atlantic Ocean's conveyor belt, transporting warm water north toward the Arctic Circle and returning cold, dense water back to the tropics. Nearshore areas off Greenland are critical...

World’s sea ice cover hits record low in February

Global sea ice cover hit a historic low in February as the world endured exceptional heat, with temperatures near the North Pole soaring 11...

Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current, research reveals

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global...

Scientists match Earth’s ice age cycles with orbital shifts

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around...

Giant ice bulldozers: How ancient glaciers helped life evolve

New Curtin University research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life...

Research reveals how Earth got its ice caps

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes...

Greenland ice sheet could fully melt after reaching specific tipping point, study finds

Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the northern hemisphere. The ice sheet has...

Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes: Dynamics of Greenland’s ice decrypted

The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets to the sea—and...

Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: US data

The sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a US analysis released Tuesday, with...

The Greenland ice sheet is falling apart: New study

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of...

Cracks in Greenland Ice Sheet grow more rapidly in response to climate change, study warns

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new large-scale study of...

‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought

The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer,...

Conquest of Asia and Europe by snow leopards during the last Ice Ages uncovered

An international team of scientists has identified fossils of snow leopards for the first time. The discovery has allowed them to trace the evolutionary...

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