The sudden demise of a large, deep, ice-covered Antarctic ice shelf lake has been discovered by a global team of scientists, including several from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. This rare event, chronicled in a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, occurred during the 2019 Antarctic ...
The continent of Antarctica registered its hottest day ever recently with a temperature of 64.9°F. The reading was taken from Esperanza, an Argentinian research base at the continent’s northwest point, which is regarded as one of the fastest-warming regions in the world. Rising temperatures in Antarctica The record temperature “is 0.8C [1.4 degrees Fahrenheit] hotter ...
During an unprecedented scientific campaign on an Antarctic glacier notorious for contributions to sea level, researchers took first-ever images of the glacier’s foundations on the ocean floor. The area is key to Thwaites Glacier’s potential to become more dangerous, and in the coming months, the research team hopes to give the world a clearer picture ...
The atmospheric concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has almost tripled since the beginning of industrialization. Methane emissions from natural sources are poorly understood. This is especially the case for emissions from the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is a harsh working environment. That is why many scientific expeditions are conducted in the summer ...
Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of NATO, has said that the organization is carefully monitoring China’s growing presence in the Arctic. Beijing has been investing heavily in the region, as it contains huge reserves of oil, gas, and other mineral deposits. Arctic ambitions In an interview with CNBC, Stoltenberg said that NATO has to assess the ...
The collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could significantly affect global sea levels. It already drains an area roughly the size of Britain or the U.S. state of Florida, accounting for around 4 percent of global sea-level rise — an amount that has doubled since the mid-1990s. As part of a new £20 ...
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