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 …
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Remains of a huge, ancient lake have been found under Greenland, buried under a sheet of ice in the northwest of the country and estimated to be millions, if not thousands, years old, scientists say. The giant ‘fossil lake bed’ is a phenomenon that scientists have never seen before in …
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An unusually large and powerful eruption of an ice-covered gravitational volcano on Iceland in 2011 sent 20 kilometers of ash into the atmosphere, canceling about 900 passenger flights. In comparison, about 100,000 flights were canceled in 2010 due to very small explosions in Izzafallajukul. Understandably, any mention of another volcanic …
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As the world warms, melting ice sheets around the world reveal everything from trapped methane gas to the remains of Viking. A new discovery has been made in the now-returning Snow Packs: the remains of an 800-year-old penguin. After discovering that the Antarctic coast was initially found to be fresh …
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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 …
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