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World 31 Dec, 2021 12:58 AM3 minutes to read Scientists have been researching the impact of melting glaciers in Antarctica. Photo / Supplied One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica, known as the "Doomsday glacier", is experiencing dramatic changes and this could have serious consequences for sea level rise in…

Home References An artist's cross-section of Lake Vostok, the largest known subglacial lake in Antarctica. Liquid water is thought to take thousands of years to pass through the lake, which is the size of North America's Lake Ontario. (Image credit: Nicolle Rager-Fuller / NSF) Deep, dark and mysterious, Lake Vostok…

The Thwaites Glacier also known as "doomsday" glacier, in Antarctica, is on the verge of slipping into the ocean as the ice shelf holding it back could crack, scientists warned. The Florida-sized glacier could raise sea levels by at least a foot in the next decade, according to scientists. During a…

One of the ever-looming threats of climate change is sea level rise, which already threatens to displace millions of people worldwide and force them to move inland by the end of the century. A big part of the rising water levels are hotter temperatures at the poles—home to giant glaciers…

Having always wanted to visit Antarctica, Gemma Woldendorp managed to start work at Mawson research station in March. She'll soon have spent a year on the frozen continent and says the sense of awe is yet to wear off. "I was truly humbled and amazed the first time some curious…

In a report presented at the world's largest earth science conference this week, researchers revealed that the ice shelf on the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica could collapse in just a few years. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN's Lana Zak to explain how this might impact…

Home News This satellite image captured on Nov. 20 by Landsat 8 shows strange wispy ice formations streaking across the sea near Antarctica. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens/Landsat 8)Strong winds and unusual ocean currents helped paint a breathtaking icescape on the surface of the ocean near Antarctica, and the…

Scientists have detected new cracks in the key ice shelf that buttresses Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, indicating that the ice shelf could break apart within the next five years. Why it matters: The destruction of the ice shelf could accelerate the movement of inland ice into the sea, eventually causing sea…

Home News British explorers Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs are on an 80-day trek across Antarctica. Here, a penguin waddles on drift ice in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea. (Image credit: Enrique Aguirre Aves/Getty Images) NASA is tracking two explorers on a 2,268-mile (3,650 kilometers) journey across Antarctica to learn…