In the end, the demise of Iceberg A68A was relatively swift.… Read more »
The most precise map ever of movement of the ice sheets across the surface of Antarctic bedrock.… Read more »
Antarctica and Australia separated more than 100 million years ago; airborne magnetic surveys of ice-covered bedrock in Antarctica identifies geological correlations between the two land masses.… Read more »
Only 5km of ice separates the Chasm 1 and Halloween Cracks on the Brunt Ice Shelf.… Read more »
Previously unmapped geologic boundary between East & West Antarctica under the Ross Ice Shelf.… Read more »
Open water in summer (polynya) generates warm water, transporting heat into the cavity beneath the Ross Ice Shelf… Read more »
A huge void has been discovered beneath the mighty Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.… Read more »
At the extreme inner recess of the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf, the 5m tidal range moves the grounding line of the Foundation Ice Stream 20km back and forth with each tide… Read more »
Seismographs on Earth's largest ice shelf detected vibrations caused by winds blowing across the snow on the surface.… Read more »
Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade, most definitive figures yet: Earth's largest ice sheet #Antarctica lost 219 billion tons of ice annually in 2012 - 2017.… Read more »