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Antarctic Ice Sheet 2024 to 2025 melt season: Fast start, early end
Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...
ZME Science1d
A giant iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica—then researchers found life they’d never imagined beneath it
On a January morning in 2025, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke free from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It ...
Earth.com2d
Iceberg break from Antarctica reveals seafloor full of rare and vibrant ocean creatures
Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...
What’s Beneath All That Ice In Antarctica? New Map Reveals The Hidden World And Possibly The Future
A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...
MIT Technology Review3d
Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of ...
Scientists were in Antarctica when a giant iceberg broke free. Here’s what they found in its shadow
A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice ...
New Map Shows What Ice-Free Antarctica Looks Like
For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...