The Antarctic Ice Core Chronology 2023

A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current projections

NZ Air Force carries out 'world-class medical evacuation' in Antarctica

Antarctic ice shelves hold twice as much meltwater as previously thought and this is poorly accounted for in regional climate models

Record low Antarctic ice in 2023 extremely unlikely without climate change. Such high losses are likely irreversible

UC Irvine-led team uncovers ‘vigorous melting’ at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Antarctic Ice Shelf Spawns Iceberg A-83

Scientists have, for the first time, observed in the wild that meltwater, caused by climate change, is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica

Emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica suffer as sea-ice diminishes

Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged

New study shows that warming deep ocean currents also contribute to the rapid melting of Antarctic ice shelves, contrary conventional wisdom that only wind circulation affects the melting

Wreck of Shackleton's 'Endurance' discovered in Antarctic depths (2022)

Ocean currents threaten to collapse Antarctic ice shelves, study finds

Scientists investigate dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu

Antarctica, Earth's largest refrigerator, is defrosting

Gas Trapped in Antarctic Ice Recorded the Mass Death of 56M People

Researchers in Antarctica may solve one of the greatest enigmas in physics: the existence of quantum gravity

After Outer Space, 93-Year-Old William Shatner Leads Cruise to Antarctica

Antarctic Circumpolar Current's history closely tied to temperature

Antarctic Explorers Wrote Cute, Funny Stories to Hide Dangerous Stunts

Antarctic English

Deepest Dive Under Antarctica Reveals a Vibrant World (2017)

Ice melt barriers disappearing by the double: Undersea anchors of ice that help prevent Antarctica’s land ice from slipping into the ocean are shrinking at more than twice the rate compared with 50 years ago…

New discovery suggests significant glacial retreat in West Antarctica began in 1940s

Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' Began Melting In Mid-20th Century, Study Finds

Observational evidence for a regime shift in summer Antarctic sea ice

El Niño May Have Kicked Off Thwaites Glacier Retreat - Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” started losing mass midcentury, around the same time as its neighboring glacier.

The Role Of Greenland And Antarctica In Sea Level Rise

Evidence, contained within an ice core, shows that in one location the West Antarctic Ice Sheet thinned by 450 metres — that’s more than the height of the Empire State Building — in just under 200 years

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica, which holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by more than 10feet/3meters, could be closer to runaway melting than anyone realized

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