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A rapidly melting glacier on Wilczek Island in Russia has uncovered a rare whale graveyard, revealing insights into sea-level ...
A melting glacier has pulled back the veil on a prehistoric whale graveyard in Russia. Scientists at Russia’s Arctic and ...
Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has been called the 'Doomsday Glacier' due to the catastrophic impact it could have on the ...
The schism in the ice revealed several square miles of the island's surface, which held a large number of whale bones. Some ...
Scientists aren’t too optimistic and have said there’s a 'grim outlook' if the glacier melts, plunging parts of the world underwater and affecting millions of people.
Thwaites Glacier, the world’s widest, bobs up and down on daily tides. As it lifts up, warm seawater is shooting farther under the ice than scientists thought — up to 6 kilometers, or 3.7 ...
This 2023 astronaut photo shows three glaciers merging into a single massive ice mass in the Karakoram mountains. The stripy ...
Dubbed the “Doomsday Glacier” by scientists because its collapse could lead to a catastrophic rise in sea levels, the Thwaites could raise global sea levels by up to two feet if it melts.
But the glacier is also a natural dam to other ice in West Antarctica. If that ice is released into the oceans, levels could rise 10 feet , researchers estimate. What is the Icefin undersea robot?
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is reportedly melting “rapidly” in unexpected ways, according to new research published Wednesday by Cornell University and the British Antarctic Survey. Dubbed ...
Scientists have new details on an Antarctic glacier crucial to future sea level rise NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with glaciologist Ted Scambos about the conclusion of a multi-year study of Antarctica ...
National parks in British Columbia offer the same jaw-dropping scenery as their Alberta counterparts with a more laid-back ...