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4 days ago · The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets. Date: July 4, 2024. Source: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Summary: In recent years global warming has left its ...
Jun 25, 2024 · But the region is hugely significant: the Antarctic ice sheet already sheds an average of 150 billion metric tons of ice every year and, in its entirety, it holds enough water to raise global sea ...
6 days ago · Unlike the Arctic, instrumentation on Antarctic ice shelves, sea ice, and even land ice and nunataks, does not survive the continent’s brutal, bitter winters and high winds. For that reason, little on-the-ground data exists to analyze what is happening to Antarctica’s ice its surrounding ocean.
Jun 26, 2024 · Scientists have discovered a new tipping point toward "runaway melting" of Antarctic ice sheets, caused by warm ocean water intruding between the ice and the land it sits on, according to a study published on Tuesday.
1 day ago · The analysis of sediment samples combined with complex climate and ice-sheet modelling has revealed that while the permanent glaciation of Antarctica began around 34 million years ago, the ice did ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Two decades of deep ice cores from Antarctica. In June 2004, the results of an ambitious Antarctic ice-drilling project brought insight into hundreds of thousands of years of climatic changes....
Jun 27, 2024 · As the climate warms, more meltwater is formed on the surface of ice shelves, the floating ice surrounding Antarctica which acts as a buttress against glacier ice from inland. Increased meltwater can lead to ice shelf instability or collapse, which in turn leads to sea level rise.
