University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the ...

The formation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet occurred differently than was previously assumed. An international team led by U Bremen Research Alliance researchers made a surprising discovery using a ...

That total amount has been shrinking steadily in recent ... are affecting ecosystems (see more below). The Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing mass due to warmer air and water temperatures. In many areas ...

"The Amery is unique among Antarctic ice shelves given its long interior extent—greater than 500 kilometers (300 miles)—and extensive bordering bedrock exposures," Christopher Shuman ...

By Alimat Aliyeva A group of Spanish scientists exploring the Antarctic seabed has discovered massive emissions of me ...

Research, published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, suggests that mass unloading due to melting of Antarctic ice sheets (isostatic rebound) is triggering eruptions of greater frequency ...

Current estimates indicate a near-total collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by the year 2300, giving humanity approximately 275 years to mitigate its deterioration amid increasing volcanic ...

Paris (AFP) – Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth's frozen continent could be undergoing a ...

The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes, many of which are locked away under thick layers of ice. A new study ... (leaving out the current mass extinction for now), four ...

More than a hundred volcanoes lie beneath the Antarctic ice ... influences the cumulative mass erupted and consequently the heat released into the ice.” Things really get bad when the rate ...

The melting of ice sheets won’t just trigger a mass extinction event, but a gradual and total collapse of life ... icy terrains of Greenland and the Antarctic, it heats enormous patches of ...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at ...