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Antarctica's Recent Ice Loss Was A "One-In-A-2000-Year Event" Without Climate Change
IFLScience· 3 days agoOnce viewed as a surprisingly stable bastion, the South Pole is starting to show some worrying signs...
University of Alabama professor: Microscopic fossils tell the tale of climate change
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCurrently, the biggest temperature factor affecting the melting of the Thwaites Glacier and the...
Antarctic home - hard, expensive and bad for your health
Cosmos· 7 days agoOn October 25, 1991, I made my first trip to the US’s Antarctic Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station....
Scientists raise concerns as computer models reveal historic loss of sea ice — and consequences...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe outlet noted that emperor penguins have suffered "catastrophic breeding failures" because of low...
Last Ship Of Polar Explorer Shackleton Discovered Near Canada After More Than 60 Years
IFLScience· 5 days agoShackleton was aboard the ship when he died of a heart attack in January 1922. At the time, the ship...
A Wild Plan to Avert Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise
The Atlantic· 6 days agoThis was a NASA mission. Bayou appointed himself our Neil Armstrong. In the ensuing days, we were scheduled to set up four identical sites in a long...
Iron from Glacial Meltwater Could Supercharge Phytoplankton Growth. What Would That Mean for the...
Scientific American· 4 days agoRachel Feltman: Antarctica is the largest, coldest desert on the planet, with snowfall dropping less...
Coast Guard icebreaker Healy headed to Alaska for three Arctic research missions | Juneau Empire
Juneau Empire· 1 day agoThe Healy departed on Wednesday from Seattle, its home port, the Coast Guard said. Its first mission...
Ernest Shackleton's Last Ship, Quest, Discovered Off the Coast of Canada
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoFamed explorer Ernest Shackleton had already completed three successful expeditions to Antarctica...
University of Alabama professor plays key role in study of 'Doomsday Glacier'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn that ice age, the northern ice sheet covered all of Canada, New York and into the Midwest and the...