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"Average daily temperature in Antarctica is -58° F," reads a screenshot of the slide in an Oct. 1 Facebook post. "Last winter temp at the South Pole reached -106º F. To get any ice to melt ...
The curious minds at What If examine the global destruction that could unfold if Antarctica's ice were to melt completely.
The findings come less than a week after scientists reported rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable, thanks to human-caused global warming. Together, these and ...
Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it's happening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
As it turns out, scientists have misunderstood a key aspect of the physical process behind the Antarctic ice sheet's ongoing melting ... of climate change on Antarctica. The British Antarctic ...
This is because the oceans around Antarctica have been warming and the glacier is in contact with these waters where it flows into the ocean and begins to float," Wallis said. "It was melting from ...
The loss of the Thwaites glacier could destabilize western Antarctica. One of ... also known as the "Doomsday glacier," is melting faster than previously thought as warm and dense deep water ...
Paul Anker/British Antarctic Survey Supported by By Henry Fountain Deploying an underwater robot beneath a rapidly melting ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have uncovered new clues about how it ...