2,000-foot-long ice core suggests potential for sudden and rapid Antarctic melting
by Evidence from a 2,000-foot-long ice core shows that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically around 8,000 years ago, according to new research …
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2,000-foot-long ice core suggests potential for sudden and rapid Antarctic melting
Evidence from a 2,000-foot-long ice core shows that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrank suddenly and dramatically around 8,000 years ago, according to new research …
When a cruise passenger fell ill in the Antarctic a new colony of penguins was discovered
The ship came across a colony of chinstrap penguins at Diaz Rock – Alamy, Sarak Knapton The remote Antarctic island of Diaz Rock should have …
Octopus DNA reveals ‘imminent’ Antarctic ice sheet collapse
Scientists investigating how the Antarctic ice sheets fared in the past have turned to an innovative approach: studying the genes of octopuses that live in …
Within a historic trip to Antarctica, a crew of over 100 female scientists
Since 2007, Michaela Musilová has dreamed of visiting Antarctica. As an astronomer, she has two goals: To identify the limits of life on Earth and …