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Another extreme low for Antarctic sea ice signals a permanent shift
Sea ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica Sergio Pitamitz/VWPics/Alamy For the second year in a row, Antarctic sea…
Melting Antarctic ice could actually slow sea level rise
An ice shelf on the Weddell Sea in Antarctica Sergio Pitamitz/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rising…
Glaciers in the Andes are the smallest they’ve been for 130,000 years
Queshque glacier in Peru is retreating because of global heating Emilio Mateo/Aspen Global Change Institute Mountain glaciers in…
Pen Hadow: Climate change is making my epic Arctic crossing impossible
It was 21 years ago that I trekked and swam solo, without resupply, across the icy Arctic Ocean…
Melting sea ice is hindering, not helping, Canadian Arctic shipping
Broken sea ice in Lancaster Sound, part of the Northwest Passage Alison Cook Shipping companies have anticipated that…
Unlocking the Secrets of Ice With Antifreeze and Advanced Microscopy
Researchers have made a breakthrough in observing the ice-liquid interface by using antifreeze and a refrigerated microscope. They…
New Phosphorescent Probe Unmasks Microstructures in Water Ice
New research using phosphorescence spectroscopy shows how small organics like ethylene glycol disrupt the crystalline structure of water…
Weird form of ‘dangling’ ice spotted in space for the first time
The ice was found in the Chamaeleon I Cloud, a star-forming region NASA, ESA, K. Luhman and T.…
Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting
Aerial view of an ice sheet in Antarctica David Vaughan/BAS Antarctica’s melting ice sheets may retreat faster as…
Unlocking the Strange Secrets of Ice Nucleation
A team of researchers has developed a theoretical model explaining how specific structural details on surfaces influence water’s…