by faster | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Yale e360 DATE: March 28, 2019 SNIP: No place on Earth is colder than East Antarctica. Home to the South Pole and making up two-thirds of the southernmost continent, the vast ice sheets of East Antarctica — formed over tens of millions of years — are nearly...
by faster | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Agence France Presse DATE: March 20, 2018 SNIP: More of a giant France-sized glacier in Antarctica is floating on the ocean than previously thought, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears it could melt faster as the climate warms and have a dramatic impact on...
by faster | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: University of Texas News DATE: November 1, 2017 SNIP: Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below by warm water that reaches the ice when winds over the ocean are strong—a cause for concern because the glacier holds...