Regions in both the Antarctic and Arctic have simultaneously experienced freakish heat waves, sending temperatures soaring 60 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, respectively, an unprecedented event that occurred despite the fact that at any given time each pole is experiencing opposite seasons. “They are opposite seasons. You don’t seeread more
A team of researchers studying the dynamics of meltwater lakes that form on the surface of Greenland’s glaciers has discovered a previously-undiscovered source of heat that is melting the world’s largest island’s ice sheets from the bottom up: the sheer force of the meltwater draining to the bottom of theread more
New research from an international team of scientists estimates that Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is in danger of collapsing in its entirety by the end of the decade. Such an event would hike sea levels around the world by more than two feet (65 centimeters), flooding low-lying coastal regions andread more
A new study shows that the increasing melt of the polar ice sheets is causing the planet’s crust to warp, as the weight of the ice is lessened; causing an upward rebound of the bedrock in the affected regions, and horizontal movement of the landscape. Although the decrease in iceread more