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Ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland is slowing Earth's rotation, affecting timekeeping: Study

Ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, driven by global warming, is affecting timekeeping the wor…

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Satellite monitoring shows large expansion in 27% identified glacial lakes in Himalayas: ISRO

"Of the 2,431 lakes larger than 10 hectares identified during 2016-17, 676 glacial lakes have no…

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An 'ice-free' summer awaits the Arctic within ten years, study finds!

Although Arctic ice has been steadily diminishing over the past fifty years, the most dramatic decl…

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Octopus DNA gives scientists a glimpse into Antarctica's ancient past, and a possible highly unstable future

By studying the DNA of separate octopus populations, they stumbled upon a remarkable truth: around …

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22,000-year-old artifacts could rewrite ancient human history in North America

Archaeologists debate when the first humans arrived in the Americas. Controversial 22,000-year-old …

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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.

A mysterious man died trekking across Switzerland's Theodul glacier. Archaeologists think he's a sn…

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Photos show what cave divers discovered when they swam inside an iceberg the size of Jamaica. Today, it's gone.

In 2001, divers made history when they ventured inside iceberg B15, the largest moving object on Ea…

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Wind is thawing Greenland, but also helping Antarctica retain its ice sheets somehow

Even if you leave the various glacier-laced mountains out of the equation, the ice sheets in Greenl…

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One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous

One of Mount Everest's deadliest passages, the Khumbu Icefall, delayed this year's climbing season …

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Melting poles: Unprecedented levels of sea ice loss threatens global climate balance

Sea ice plays a crucial role in maintaining Earth's temperature by reflecting a significant amount …

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South Pole Secret! Massive network of prehistoric valleys, lakes and hills found deep under Antarctica

Antarctica might be a vast ice sheet today, but it wasn't always so. Portions of the southern conti…

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Around 10,000 penguin chicks died when the Antarctic ice they lived on melted they were still too young to survive in the icy water

The emperor penguin chicks most likely drowned or froze to death because they hadn't yet developed …

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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time

Human-driven climate change is causing Earth's poles to lose so much ice it's changing the planet's…

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Lost samples from a secret army base reveal that Greenland's ice vanished 416,000 years ago. That means it could melt way faster than expected.

The Cold War-era mission uncovered evidence of catastrophic melt when the atmosphere had 50% less c…

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Sea-ice levels in Antarctica at a 'mind-blowing' historic low

Sea ice levels in Antarctica are at an all-time low, causing scientists to worry about the effects …

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Scientists want to build 62-mile-long curtains around the 'doomsday glacier' for a $50 billion Hail Mary to save it

The Thwaites glacier is melting. Scientists will test underwater curtains to prevent the 'doomsday'…

Ellyn Lapointe   


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The world's oceans last month were warmer than any other May since the beginning of the 19th century

The report comes a mere month after April 2023 also broke all records for sea-surface temperature h…

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The remains of long-lost climbers are appearing as climate change melts glaciers

Earlier this month, Swiss officials found the remains of a climber who had been missing since 1986 …

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The snowy winters of your childhood are gone for good

American winters are getting so warm your kids may never get to build a snowman.

Alexandria Herr