Antarctica

AnimalsPassengers aboard the National Geographic Endurance came across the fin whales foraging near Antarctica—the biggest congregation of baleen whales seen in more than a century. ByAnnie Roth Published February 21, 2023 • 5 min read Fin whales as far as the eye could see, hundreds upon hundreds of them, shrouding…

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Last Updated: February 17, 2023, 06:56 IST Paris, France Greenpeace activist Marcelo Legname floats with a boat at Snow Island, Antarctica, January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Much of the Antarctic coast has water that is now without ice, exposing the ice shelves that fringe the…

A pair of studies this week have shed new light on the melting of the Thwaites Glacier, one of Antarctica’s largest and most menacing stretches of ice. Often referred to as the “Doomsday Glacier,” it contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by about 2 feet all on its…

The icefin robot under the ice near McMurdo research station, operated by the US Antarctic Program. Credit: Rob Robbins USAP New data from an international expedition and underwater robot Icefin beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, in Antarctica. It is one of the most critical glaciers in…

Caption: Image of Icefin under the sea ice near McMurdo Station captured in 2019. Photo: Rob Robbins, USAP Diver Thwaites Glacier, the largest glacier in West Antarctica, is melting faster in some spots than its shape would at first suggest, new studies show. Why it matters: Thwaites tops the list…

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Scientists studying Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier – nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier – say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday. Thwaites, which is roughly the size of…

The rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica appears to be driven by processes under its floating ice shelf that are different than researchers realized. Two papers published in the journal Nature provide a clearer picture of the changes taking place under the glacier, which is the size of…

Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because of its massive melt and sea rise potential, and it’s both good and bad news. Using a 13-foot pencil-shaped robot that swam under the grounding line where ice first…

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