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In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) ...
Scientists have discovered "ice piracy" in Antarctica, where glaciers are stealing ice from their neighbors at an alarming rate. Kohler East Glacier i ...
A fast-moving glacier in West Antarctica is “stealing” ice from its neighbor in a newly observed case of ice piracy.
The image depicts the average speed and direction of multiple glaciers flowing into the Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves in West Antarctica from 2015 to 2022 with three parallel arrows pointing the ...
A study co-lead by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research, ...
The Antarctic Slope Current shields Antarctica from warm waters. But new research shows meltwater is speeding up the current, ...
And they’ve been committing acts of thievery in Antarctica for the past eighteen years ... The grounding line is the point where glaciers and ice shelves begin to float. By observing and monitoring ...
In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) race over its coastal ...
In a groundbreaking study published in The Cryosphere, scientists have revealed an astonishing phenomenon occurring in West Antarctica—a glacier is rapidly siphoning ice from its slower-moving ...
The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...