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Warm Winds Trigger Melting in Antarctica

Warm Winds Trigger Melting in Antarctica | Antarctica | Scoop.it
Unusual late-season events could produce long-term changes to the snowpack on the Larsen C ice shelf.
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Greenland Is Literally Cracking Apart and Flooding the World

Greenland Is Literally Cracking Apart and Flooding the World | Antarctica | Scoop.it
On the right summer day, a person can watch a massive lake disappear in a few hours, thanks to warming temperatures that increase the fissures in the ice.
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Warm waters melting Antarctic ice shelves may have appeared for the first time in over 7,000 years

Warm waters run very deep.
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Russian tanker sails through Arctic without icebreaker for first time

Russian tanker sails through Arctic without icebreaker for first time | Antarctica | Scoop.it
Climate change has thawed Arctic enough for $300m gas tanker to travel at record speed through northern sea route
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Antarctica Is Melting, and Giant Ice Cracks Are Just the Start

Antarctica Is Melting, and Giant Ice Cracks Are Just the Start | Antarctica | Scoop.it
The massive iceberg poised to break off the Larsen C Ice Shelf may be a harbinger of a continent-wide collapse that would swamp coastal cities around the world.
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Antarctica’s Sea Ice Shrinks to New Record Low

Antarctica’s Sea Ice Shrinks to New Record Low | Antarctica | Scoop.it
The latest daily figures may confirm a disturbing trend in global melting.
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BREAKING: Scientists Have Detected An Enormous Void Beneath Antarctica

BREAKING: Scientists Have Detected An Enormous Void Beneath Antarctica | Antarctica | Scoop.it
Antarctica is not in a good place. In the space of only decades, the continent has lost trillions of tonnes of ice at alarming rates we can't keep up with, even in places we once thought were safe.
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Hot News from the Antarctic Underground

Hot News from the Antarctic Underground | Antarctica | Scoop.it
A geothermal heat source may help explain why West Antarctica's ice sheet is so unstable.
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A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up In Antarctica

A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up In Antarctica | Antarctica | Scoop.it
"We're still trying to figure out what's going on."
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A Trillion-Ton Iceberg Just Redrew Antarctica’s Map

A Trillion-Ton Iceberg Just Redrew Antarctica’s Map | Antarctica | Scoop.it
A crack more than 120 miles long had developed over several years in a floating ice shelf called Larsen C, and scientists who have been monitoring it confirmed on Wednesday that the huge iceberg had finally separated.
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As Australia scorches, sea ice spread around Antarctica hits a record low

As Australia scorches, sea ice spread around Antarctica hits a record low | Antarctica | Scoop.it
As parts of Australia set heatwave records and the government considered building new coal-fired power stations, the vast continent to the south last wee
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Why Do We Study Ice?

Why Do We Study Ice? | Antarctica | Scoop.it
Why Do We Study Ice? Discover why we study ice and how this research benefits Earth. We fly our DC-8 aircraft very low over Antarctica as part of Operation IceBridge – a mission that’s conductin
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