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Antarctica Just Lost a Greenland’s Worth of Ice — And That’s Not the Scariest Part
A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...
Scientists find a 'dangerous feedback loop' in sudden sea ice melt
The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...
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Antarctica’s ocean flip: Satellites catch sudden salt surge melting ice from below
A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...
'Completely unexpected': Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...
Old aerial photos give scientists a new tool to predict sea level rise
On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...
Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds
A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...
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Scientists measure marine environment near melting mega-iceberg for first time
A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...
Startling photos show the alarming extent of melting Swiss glaciers
A review of data showed that the Birch Glacier was a rarity in that it has been advancing while most glaciers have been ...
Western Canadian glaciers melting twice as fast as they did a decade ago, research shows
Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, ...