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A Giant Iceberg Threatening Pine Island’s Ice Shelf NASA/Brooke Medley West Antarctica’s colossal glaciers are experiencing a rapid acceleration in melting, particularly since 2017. This alarming…
Recent microwave measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft indicate that Europa’s icy shell could extend nearly 29 kilometers (18 miles) deep, significantly altering planetary scientists’ understanding of…
Mars’ Significant Impact on Earth’s Climate Credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Despite Mars being smaller than Earth, it profoundly affects Earth’s climate cycle. Understanding how smaller…
Researchers Working at Prudhoe Dome in Greenland Caleb K. Wolcott-George The ice dome located in northern Greenland has previously melted completely under temperatures expected to return…
Europa’s Ice: A Thick Shell Over a Salty Ocean Claudio Caridi / Alamy Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, features a liquid ocean possibly encased beneath…
The previous season marked the highest temperatures in the Arctic for the past 125 years. March, typically the month with the greatest sea ice extent, recorded…
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich indicates that the compositions of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously assumed.…
These ‘murder koalas’, or marsupial lions, are the highlight of the show Apple TV In 1999, the BBC introduced Walking with Dinosaurs, pioneering a new format…
Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica NASA/ZUMA wire/shutterstock A submerged “storm” is eroding the ice shelf that shields Antarctica’s Thwaites “Terminal” glacier, prompting concerns that scientists may be…
JJust days after Microsoft unveiled Halo: Campaign Evolved, the anticipated installment in the renowned sci-fi franchise “White House” I posted an intriguing photo on X. The…
Scientists have uncovered ice and air that is 6 million years old from a shallow ice core in the Arran Hills of East Antarctica. They believe…
Researchers have shown that hypercompressed water can undergo various freeze-thaw processes to convert into ice VI at room temperature, facilitated by a previously unidentified metastable ice…
Parallel channels known as linear dune canyons can be observed within some of Mars’ dunes. Contrary to what their name suggests, these canyons are frequently quite…
Ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars may have led to ice deposits near the planet’s equator Ron Miller/Science Photo Library The hottest regions on Mars conceal an…
Enceladus, Saturn’s moon, constantly emits ice grains and gas plumes from its subterranean seas through fissures near the Antarctic region. A research team from the University…
Ice at 10 degrees Celsius releases iron from more abundant minerals compared to liquid water at 4 degrees Celsius, according to researchers from Umeå University, Chimiques…
Following the Trump administration’s decision, US immigration agents now have access to one of the most advanced hacking tools available globally, having secured a contract with…
The decommissioning of Palmer has played a significant role in contributing to sea level rise, particularly as certain regions of Antarctica face limited access, raising concerns…
Svalbard experienced unprecedented heatwaves in the summer of 2024 Xinhua Newsletter/Shutterstock During the summer of 2024, six weeks of exceptional heat resulted in significant ice melt…
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Satellite image of the subglacial lake area post-outburst flood reveals damage to the ice sheets 10.1038/s41561-025-01746-9 Typically, when glaciers in Greenland melt, the water drains into…
The land on Earth is drying out quickly, contributing to sea level rise even more than melting glaciers, according to new research. Researchers have discovered that…
Low-density amorphous ice is one of the most prevalent solid materials in the universe and plays a crucial role in deciphering numerous well-known anomalies of liquid…
Recent Summers Show Antarctic Sea Ice Cover at Unprecedented Lows Nature Picture Library / Alamy The decline of sea ice around Antarctica has led to a…
wGlacier researcher John Moore began exploring the Arctic Circle in the 1980s. The continuous warming of this area has led to the disappearance of many glaciers,…
ICE can provide a method for long-term message storage in cold climates Anton Petrus/Getty Images Messages can be preserved in ice for millennia simply by altering…
An unusual radio pulse was identified by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) Experiment. Various instruments were deployed on NASA balloons over Antarctica, aiming to detect…
Since the uproar surrounding the immigration attacks in Los Angeles began, a wave of inaccurate and misleading claims about ongoing protests has proliferated across text-based social…
Water ice plays a crucial role in the formation of giant planets and can also be delivered by comets to fully developed rocky planets. Utilizing data…
A man lay on the sidewalk in New York City, injured by a gunshot, holding his side. Emily Bolgaard, a social worker providing supplies to the…
Immerse yourself in the vibrant ethos of San Francisco, where the future of cyberpunk is already unfolding. Self-driving vehicles? Boring. A venture aiming to resurrect woolly…
Archaeologists discovered and analyzed three hearths at the Upper Paleolithic site of Korman ‘9 (45,000-10,000 years ago) on the right bank of the Dniester River in…
Harvard Medical School’s cutting-edge microscopes have the potential to revolutionize cancer detection and lifespan research. However, a scientist who developed computer scripts to extract maximum information…
Iceberg calving from a Greenland glacier can carry rocks to distant coasts Professor Ross Mitchell The rocks transported by icebergs from Greenland to Iceland add to…
Antarctic Circulating Current (ACC), which is more than four times as strong as the Gulf Stream, is the world’s strongest ocean current and plays an unbalanced…
Arctic ocean sea iceShutterstock / Kevin Xu According to satellite measurements from the European Union’s Climate Service Copernicus, there is less sea ice covering the ocean…
GEO Group, the largest single private contractor for U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), has expanded its surveillance operations to monitor hundreds of thousands or potentially millions…
There have been numerous ice age animals recovered from the world’s permafrost, ranging from woolly rhinos and wolves to urus, brown bears, and bison. Despite some…
Glacier Age Earth Zoonar/Alexander Savchuk/Alamy Without human-induced climate change, the Earth could have been on track to enter another ice age within 11,000 years. This long-term…
Tribal palm trees Trachycarpeae Fossilization analysis shows that it once flourished in Axiang Canada Phytris – Microscopic siliceous structures produced in specific tissues in many plant…