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Octopus `hints at West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse`

Octopus `hints at West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse`


The West Antarctic Ice Sheet -- one of the world`s major ice sheets, could collapse if global warmin...
New weak point of Antarctic ice sheet found

New weak point of Antarctic ice sheet found


An inflow of warmer water beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will melt the ice from below.
Greenland ice sheet may be sliding away due to surface lake melt

Greenland ice sheet may be sliding away due to surface lake melt


Greenland ice sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean because of massive releases of meltwater fr...
Russia rescues 675 anglers off drifting ice sheet

Russia rescues 675 anglers off drifting ice sheet


Ice fishing is wildly popular throughout Russia in the winter months.
Scientists pin down historic sea level rise

Scientists pin down historic sea level rise


The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to ri...
Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet

Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet


The race is on to discover life in the most remote and extreme environment known on Earth.
Drop in CO2 triggered polar ice sheet formation

Drop in CO2 triggered polar ice sheet formation


A drop in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels seems to have triggered Antarctic ice sheet formation.
Warming ocean layers melt polar ice sheets faster

Warming ocean layers melt polar ice sheets faster


The subsurface ocean layers surrounding the polar ice sheets will warm substantially as global warmi...
Revealed how British ice sheet shrunk during Ice Age

Revealed how British ice sheet shrunk during Ice Age


A set of maps created by the University of Sheffield have shown how the last British ice sheet shrun...
West Antarctic ice sheet would collapse by year 3000: Study

West Antarctic ice sheet would collapse by year 3000: Study


West Antarctic ice sheet is likely to collapse and sea level may rise by 4 m.
Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover

Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover


Spurned Pluto is changing its looks, donning more rouge in its complexion and altering its iceball s...
East Antarctic ice sheet losing mass from last 3 years

East Antarctic ice sheet losing mass from last 3 years


An analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission has determined that the East Antarcti...
Global warming could cool North America within a few decades

Global warming could cool North America within a few decades


A new study has determined that global warming could actually chill down North America within a few ...
Location for lost ice sheet proposed in Atlantic

Location for lost ice sheet proposed in Atlantic


A new research by scientists at UC (University of California) Santa Barbara indicates a possible Ant...