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Antarctica ice melting increased by 280 per cent in last 16 years
The pace of melting rose dramatically over the four-decade period. From 1979 to 2001, it was an average of 48 gigatonnes annually per decade. The rate jumped 280 per cent to 134 gigatonnes for 2001 to 2017.
American adventurer first to solo across Antarctica unaided
Colin O'Brady took 54 days to finish the bone-chilling, 930-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey across Antarctica
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Antarctic seas emit higher CO2 levels than previously thought: Study
In the Southern Ocean region, carbon atoms move between rocks, rivers, plants, oceans and other sources in a planet-scale life cycle.
Melting East Antarctic ice sheet may cause global sea level rise: Study
A new study of East Antractica's coast has shown that the glaciers along the Sabrina coast are more vulnerable to global warming.
NASA scientists to survey unexplored stretch of Antarctica, monitor ice melt
A new NASA mission will see scientists travel to an unexplored side of Antarctica, in another step towards tracking the world's ice sheets and any changes in them.
260 million-year-old fossilised trees unveil Antarctica's forested past before dinosaurs
During Antarctica's summer, scientists from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) climbed the McIntyre Promontory's frozen slopes in the Transantarctic Mountains, and found evidence of these ancient fossils.
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Geothermal heat source under west Antarctica melting its ice sheet: NASA
A geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below West Antarctica, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.
Huge iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
An iceberg over 250 square kilometres in size, has broken of from an enormous Antarctic glacier - the second such incident in two years, scientists say.
Trillion-tonne iceberg snaps off Antarctica ice shelf
A trillion-tonne iceberg – one of the largest ever recorded - has broken away from Antarctica after many months of anticipation and may now pose a serious hazard to ships around the South Pole, scientists said today. The event occurred sometime between July 10 and July 13.
Giant iceberg breaking off Antarctica is worrisome, but glaciers behind it are a bigger problem: Here's why
Antarctica ice sheet breaks off: But while the breaking off of the iceberg is worrisome, experts caution that the glaciers behind it are the bigger problem. The size of the iceberg is lesser of an issue because icebergs, according to scientists, calve all the time and have minimal direct effect on sea level.
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In Greenland, a glacier's collapse shows climate impact
The March mission was part of NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project, a five-year, $30 million effort aimed at improving sea level rise projections by understanding how warming oceans are melting ice sheets from below - the most ambitious research on the subject to date
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