A glacier crawls down a valley at the edge of the Ross Sea near McMurdo Station in Antarctica.Photo: Mark Ralson / AFP (fake pictures) A new document suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet may not be as stable as we thought. Looking at ancient melting, the study finds evidence …
Read More »‘Swinging on the Edge’: Scientists Warn of Rapid Melting of Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’
The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica is considered by many climate scientists to be one of the world’s most vulnerable and most important glaciers in terms of future sea level rise …
Read More »What an ocean hidden under Antarctic ice reveals about our planet’s climate future- Technology News, Firstpost
The conversationJuly 02, 2020 2:28:09 PM IST Jules Verne sent his fictional submarine, the Nautilus, to the South Pole through an ocean hidden under a thick layer of ice. Written 40 years before any explorer had reached the pole, its story was, however, only half-fiction. In fact, there are hidden …
Read More »Scientists discover that the South Pole is heating up 3 times faster than the rest of the planet
The South Pole has heated three times faster than the rest of the planet in the past 30 years due to the warmer temperatures of the tropical oceans, new research showed on Monday. Antarctic temperatures vary widely by season and region, and for years the South Pole was thought to …
Read More »The South Pole heats up three times faster than the rest of the world, our research shows | Kyle Clem for conversation | Ambient
Climate scientists long thought that the interior of Antarctica might not be very sensitive to warming, but our research, published this week, shows a dramatic change. In the past 30 years, the South Pole has been one of the fastest changing places on Earth, warming up more than three times …
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