Antarctic, ice age
1.2-million-year-old ice pulled up from under Antarctica
This newly extracted ice preserved a record of our planet’s climate history, continuous information on atmospheric temperatures, and some clear samples of old air with greenhouse gases. “This is the longest continuous record of our past climate from an ice core,
Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more ...
The vast Antarctic Ice Sheet holds more than half of Earth's freshwater. In several places around the continent, the ice ...
The decline of sea ice around Antarctica is fueling more frequent storms in the Southern Ocean, a new study finds.
Under the ice cover accumulated over thousands of years lies the history of carbon dioxide fluctuations, providing insight ...
Scientists found that reduced Antarctic sea ice coverage in 2023 caused the ocean to lose extra heat to the atmosphere. That heat loss could disrupt ocean circulation currents and cause more ...
Antarctica’s melting ice could activate hidden volcanoes Rising volcanic activity in Antarctica linked to climate change Reduced magma pressure as ice melts leads to eruptions ...
Roughly 2,000 miles south of New Zealand's southernmost point lies Lake Enigma, an aptly named body of water tucked into coastal Antarctica. The lake's ice cover is deeper than the lake itself ...
"Repeated low ice-cover conditions in subsequent winters ... Josey et al, Record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2023 increased ocean heat loss and storms, Nature (2024). DOI: ...
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Melting Antarctic ice may awaken dormant volcanoes beneath the surfaceIf Antarctic ice continues to melt at its current rate, it could trigger a feedback loop which may lead to an increase in ...
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