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(Newser) – Researchers working in Antarctica have made an unexpected discovery: colonies of stationary animals – possibly sponges and related animals – connected to the ould unda boulder beneath the ice, reports NBC. Bored by the 3,000-foot-thick ice shelf on the Filchner-Rowen ice shelf, geologists rushed to the cliff to …

Michael Polito, an associate professor of oceanography and marine science at Louisiana State University, says that for penguins, even if the iceberg does not completely prevent entry into the ocean, it can force them to move around the ice to bring back food for their cubs. . While penguins can …

It appeared in 1973, mostly nowhere: a hole in the sea ice off the coast of Antarctica. But this was no ordinary hole. It was big enough to swallow California. Remained in mysterious opening position for the following three winters. It then appeared to have largely disappeared before re-filling in …

As the Earth’s average surface temperature rises, another degree Celsius will rise 2.5 meters above sea level from Antarctica alone, and a three-degree increase in the frozen continent will see an increase of 6.5 meters, scientists warned on Wednesday. This catastrophic increase in the global waterline – enough to develop …

Scientists have warned that in an additional three degrees the static continent lift appears 6.5 meters above the ocean. Paris: As the Earth’s average surface temperature rises, another degree Celsius will rise 2.5 meters above sea level from Antarctica alone, and a three-degree increase in the frozen continent will see …