Por: WPLG Local 10 Tech October 13, 2023
Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time, reports a new study that surveyed these crucial “gatekeepers’’ between the frozen continent’s massive glaciers and open ocean.Of the continent's 162 ice shelves, 68 show significant shrinking between 1997 and 2021, while 29 grew, 62 didn’t change and three lost mass but not in a way scientists... + full article
NBC News USA Science October 23, 2023
The most comprehensive effort yet to predict how global warming will affect the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has found there is little humanity can do to stop its ice shelves from melting, which could collapse the sheet and raise sea levels by several feet in the coming centuries.... + más
Antarctic sea ice hits once-per-2.7-million-year six sigma event | Newsweek
Antarctica just hit a record low in sea ice – by a lot | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA World October 23, 2023
This 2020 photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey shows the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica. David Vaughan/British Antarctic Survey via AP, File No matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an... + más
Scientists wear shorts in Antarctica during unbelievable heat wave | Newsweek
Fact Check: Is there a tunnel from Argentina to Antarctica? | Newsweek
Portland Press Herald USA World September 26, 2023
Sea ice levels around Antarctica just registered a record low – and by a wide margin – as winter comes to a close, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The milestone adds to worries that Antarctic sea ice may be entering a state of decline brought on by... + más
CBS News USA World September 04, 2023
Australian rescuers have successfully evacuated a researcher who fell seriously ill at a remote Antarctic outpost, but it required a unique and daring evacuation mission. The man in question had an undisclosed developing medical condition and the mission required an emergency... + más
Icebreaker travels 2,000 miles to rescue sick scientist stuck in Antarctica | Newsweek
Newsweek USA World July 26, 2023
Antarctic sea ice has hit another record low, dropping into a six sigma event.This means the amount of sea ice in the Antarctic has dropped by more than six standard deviations below the daily mean average for 1991 to 2020.This drastic reduction can be seen in a graphic created... + más
The billionaires' beef at Two Sigma seems pretty petty | Business Insider
Antarctic sea ice has reached a record low for the year, researchers say | ABC News
ABC News USA World March 01, 2023
Scientists are keeping a close eye on the Antarctic ice shelf as recent activity could soon cause rapid melting and rising sea levels.The sea ice in Antarctica has likely met its minimum extent for 2023, furthering expectations from researchers that continued melting will occur... + más
Why record low sea ice in Antarctica will lead to rapid melting, rising sea levels | ABC7
Antarctic sea ice has reached a record low for the year, researchers say | ABC7
Newsweek USA Tech November 17, 2022
Antarctica is one of the most extreme environments on Earth. It is also one of the most unexplored.Many of us think of the continent as a vast, white wasteland, populated by nothing more than penguins and seals. But beneath its icy surface, scientists are beginning to discover... + más
UK polar research ship to make 2nd voyage to Antarctica | Associated Press
UK polar research ship to make 2nd voyage to Antarctica | WPLG Local 10
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