Scientists Discover Mega-Canyon under Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown canyon hidden beneath two kilometers of ice in Greenland. The canyon is at least 750km long and in places…
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Study Blames Warm Ocean Currents for Majority of Ice Loss in Antarctica
Using new techniques with satellite measurements to differentiate between the warm ocean currents attacking the underside ice shelves and warm air melting it from above,…
Cryosat Mission Took Detailed Data of Polar Ice Caps
The ESA’s Cryosat mission has been watching the Arctic sea ice with a high degree of precision ever since it was launched in 2010 to…
Research Shows Roughly 150 Billion Tons of Ice Lost Annually
Recent research from the University of Colorado Boulder, in a joint effort with NASA, shows that regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 148…
Greenland Loses 100 Billion Tons of Ice
Global warming, or just an unusually warm summer? You be the judge as Greenland loses 100 billion tons of ice in 2010. Southern Greenland has…
