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The dawn of the Antarctic ice sheets

In recent years global warming has left its mark on the Antarctic ice sheets. The "eternal" ice in Antarctica is…

2 years ago

Lake under Mars ice cap unlikely

Cornell University researchers have provided a simple and comprehensive -- if less dramatic -- explanation for bright radar reflections initially…

2 years ago

Giant viruses found on Greenland ice sheet

Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up…

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Enormous ice loss from Greenland glacier

Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79° N-Glacier…

2 years ago

Ice shell thickness reveals water temperature on ocean worlds

Cornell University astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of…

2 years ago

80 mph speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse

There's enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet.…

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Barriers against Antarctic ice melt disappearing at the double

Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica's land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than…

2 years ago

Ice age could help predict oceans’ response to global warming

A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer has found that deposits deep under the ocean floor reveal…

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Antarctica’s ancient ice sheets foreshadow dynamic changes in Earth’s future

Nineteen million years ago, during a time known as the early Miocene, massive ice sheets in Antarctica rapidly and repeatedly…

3 years ago

Beyoncé Debuts Ice Blonde Tresses at ‘Renaissance’ Film Premiere in Los Angeles

Beyoncé is that girl! On Saturday, the Queen Bey attended the world premiere of Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé at the Samuel…

3 years ago