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Runaway W. Antarctic ice sheet collapse not ‘inevitable’: study

OCEANOGRAPHY
The runaway collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet—which would trigger catastrophic sea level rise—is not "inevitable", scientists said Monday following research that tracked...

New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike

OCEANOGRAPHY
A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees Celsius) hotter than its 20th-century average, the...

A hybrid fission/fusion reactor could be the best way to get through the ice on Europa

ASTRONOMY
In the coming years, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send two robotic missions to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa. These are...

Runaway West Antarctic ice retreat can be slowed by climate-driven changes in ocean temperature

OCEANOGRAPHY
New research finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn't inevitable: the pace of ice loss varies according to regional differences in atmosphere and...

Study identifies new cause of melting Antarctic ice shelves

OCEANOGRAPHY
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent...

Study shows that strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to surprising loss of sea ice

OCEANOGRAPHY
A warming climate is causing a decline in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, where loss of sea ice has important ecological, economic and...

Ice loss from Northeastern Greenland significantly underestimated

CLIMATE
Ice is continuously streaming off Greenland's melting glaciers at an accelerating rate, dramatically increasing global sea levels. New results published today in Nature indicate...

Ancient ice age valleys offer clues to future ice sheet change

OCEANOGRAPHY
Deep valleys buried under the seafloor of the North Sea record how the ancient ice sheets that used to cover the UK and Europe...

Marine ice sheets were decisive in acceleration of global warming during the last deglaciation

EARTH
The intensity and rate of melt during the penultimate ice melting was much higher than previously thought, according to a study published in the...

Scientists expose vulnerabilities of critical Antarctic ice shelf

OCEANOGRAPHY
Pine Island Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, which holds back enough ice to raise sea levels by 0.5 meters, could be more vulnerable to...

Record of Antarctic ice sheet response to climate cycles found in rock samples

OCEANOGRAPHY
By analyzing unusual rock samples collected years ago in Antarctica, scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a remarkable record of...

For the first time, we can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice all year round

OCEANOGRAPHY
Using satellites, we are now able to measure ice thickness in the Arctic—even in the summer. This is of great importance for shipping in...
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