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Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface
Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...
Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea. The ice-tongue ...
Green Matters on MSN
Every January, Antarctic scientists move the South Pole—here's why it needs to be done
Enough of this one,” astrophysicist Denis Barkats remarked in a Nottingham University documentary, while standing in front of ...
Iceberg A-23A has had a long and arduous journey. It first broke off from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. Afterwards ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, a new study suggests, a warming event led to the release of carbon dioxide from deep in the ...
The Brighterside of News on MSN
Melting Antarctic ice could cripple a deep ocean climate engine
Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...
After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.
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Swinging abyss: Oxygen isotope analysis shows less dynamic Antarctic ice sheet in Oligocene period
Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In ...
After 10 days with only the open ocean and the occasional iceberg at our sides, sailing into the sea ice felt like crossing ...
An Australian research team deployed a robotic ocean probe in April 2024 to study Antarctica's hidden depths. The ...
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Wildlife Photographer Captures First Underwater Images of One of the Rarest Seals In the World
A wildlife photographer has captured what are believed to be the first underwater images of the rare, elusive Ross seal.
When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...
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