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'Doomsday glacier' collapse will cause major sea level rise, study warns
9-22-2024 |
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Scientists have spent the last six years investigating Antarctica's Thwaites glacier and the outlook is not good.
1,700 unknown viruses discovered in melting glacier water
9-1-2024 | 1
As the ice thaws, there is the potential for long-dormant viruses from the distant past to be released back into the world.
Could there be alien life forms hidden beneath the surface of Mercury ?
12-7-2023 | 1
A groundbreaking new study has indicated that there could be habitable salt glaciers situated beneath the planet's surface.
Enduring mystery of Antarctica's 'Blood Falls' may finally be solved
7-14-2023 | 4
A bizarre natural phenomenon in Antarctica has the appearance of blood flowing from beneath a glacier.
Ice Age glacier was like Game of Thrones' wall
VIDEO 9-15-2021 | 0
A new video shows just what a 1km ice sheet would actually look like next to the Scottish city of Dundee.
Melting glacier ice reveals secrets of the past
VIDEO 8-15-2021 | 2
Some of the world's highest and coldest places contain important, hidden clues about our planet's history.
Huge cavity found beneath Antarctic glacier
1-31-2019 | 8
The world's 'most dangerous' glacier has developed a gaping hole around two-thirds the size of Manhattan.
Large water ice glaciers discovered on Mars
1-12-2018 | 0
The ice, which is thought to descend almost 330ft, could help to support a future manned presence on Mars.
'Karakoram anomaly' defies climate change
8-8-2017 | 7
A 'vortex' of cold air over the Karakoram mountain range has been causing glaciers to continue growing.
Vast Canadian river disappeared in four days
4-18-2017 | 11
Last year the Slims river totally vanished in what is thought to be a modern case of 'river piracy'.
Melting glaciers could expose Cold War base
9-27-2016 | 9
A secret US facility hidden beneath the ice is believed to contain significant amounts of nuclear waste.
Mars glaciers contain huge amounts of water
4-9-2015 | 16
The Red Planet is home to a large volume of glacial ice buried beneath a layer of surface dust.
Huge Antarctic iceberg heads for open ocean
4-25-2014 | 9
A chunk of ice six times the size of Manhatten broke away from the Pine Island Glacier last year.
Glacier melted long before climate change
2-23-2014 | 53
Scientists have argued that the Pine Island Glacier was melting just as quickly over 8,000 years ago.
Melting glacier reveals pre-Viking tunic
3-23-2013 | 42
A host of archaeological finds are being slowly unveiled by glaciers melting due to global warming.
Himalayan glaciers growing despite warming
4-17-2012 | 28
Despite talk of global warming and melting ice sheets the Himalayan glaciers appear to be growing.
Scientist 'gob-smacked' at glacier break-up
9-6-2011 | 22
A massive glacier in Greenland has broken up almost completely within the space of just two years.
Iceman Otzi's last meal finally determined
6-24-2011 | 18
Otzi the iceman has been the subject of research and study since his discovery in a glacier in 1991.
Huge ice island breaks from Greenland glacier
8-9-2010 | 41
A massive island of ice four times the size of Manhatten has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers.
Mount Everest glaciers are shrinking
7-19-2010 | 37
Glaciers on Mount Everest have been shrinking over the last 80 years according to new photographs of the region.
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