Beneath kilometers of ice in East Antarctica, a team of geoscientists led by geophysicist Stewart Jamieson of Durham ...
The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are key to understanding global weather patterns and changing climate. But we still don't have a complete understanding of how they work, and what goes on ...
Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers report in Nature Geoscience. The team used radio echo sounding, a technique ...
A leathery fossil unearthed from Antarctic sediment is overturning core ideas about how Earth’s dominant marine reptiles ...
It was five years ago this month that ESA’s GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure – giving a new view of the remnants of lost ...
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What an ancient ice core from Antarctica can tell us about our climate’s past and future Scientists say they have tapped into an extraordinary archive of the Earth’s climate in the ice deep beneath ...
Work in Antarctica planned by researchers –including a University of Minnesota Duluth professor – could lead to more accurate predictions of global warming and how damaging it might be. That work will ...
Renowned French glaciologist Heidi Sevestre is studying the ancient ice of Antarctica Renowned French glaciologist Heidi Sevestre is studying the ancient ice of Antarctica Matthieu Tordeur is a French ...
A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation — including ...
San Diego researchers have discovered large pools of ancient water under the ice sitting on Antarctica. KPBS Environment Reporter Erik Anderson has details. A San Diego researcher was part of a team ...