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Experts Believe 'Ocean Storms' Under Antarctic Ice May Accelerate Glacier Melt and Sea-Level Rise

As strange as it may sound, scientists seem to have found a strong connection between storms and Antarctic ice. The latter is ...

Northern Alaska's first Polar night begins, with no dawn emerging till January, as Antarctica takes on Polar days through February

As northern Alaska takes on Polar night, with 64 days of darkness, Antarctica will enter Polar day, with 24 hours of sunlight ...
Earth.com

Ocean storms are melting Antarctica's ice from below

Fast-moving ocean motions under the Antarctic ice act like storms and melt ice quickly. These forces could speed up sea-level ...
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Violent ‘storms’ hidden under Antarctica’s ice could be speeding its decline

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how ...
Natural History Museum

Climate change in Antarctica: How rising temperatures are affecting the coldest place on Earth

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

Antarctica’s 6-Million-Year Ice Discovery Rewrites What We Know About Climate

Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...