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A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists

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The Antarctic ice sheet is melting. It is bad news for humanity

by The Conversation March 5, 2023

Ottawa’s famous Rideau Canal, which turns into the world’s largest ice rink every winter, is too thin to open this winter. Thousands of kilometres to the south, we can see a similar issue on a much larger scale in the Antarctic, where the sea ice is also struggling to form. The Antarctic sea ice extent […]

Arctic sea ice-free summer could happen a decade earlier than thought: Study

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The world’s biggest ice sheet is more vulnerable to global warming than scientists previously thought

by The Conversation August 17, 2022

As Antarctica’s slow rivers of ice hit the sea, they float, forming ice shelves. These shelves extend the glaciers into the ocean until they calve into icebergs.

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Ice shelves holding Antarctica’s glaciers from adding to sea levels are crumbling

by The Conversation August 16, 2022

Arctic sea ice-free summer could happen a decade earlier than thought: Study

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Warm waters rushing towards Antarctica’s biggest ice sheet: New research

by The Conversation August 4, 2022

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Here’s how the Antarctic ice sheet advanced and retreated over 10,000 years

by The Conversation July 15, 2022

Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point

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Antarctica’s riskiest glacier under assault from below and losing grip

by The Conversation June 8, 2022

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Antarctica: Vast, salty groundwater system discovered under ice sheet

by The Conversation May 7, 2022