Fire and Ice

The Ice Age glaciation that tore and scarred Ruapehu and Tongariro happened long before Ngauruhoe was born. Rain and fiery ...
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Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could lose its ice shelf this year, scientists warn

Fractures racing across Antarctica’s Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf are severing its last structural anchor to a submarine ridge, ...
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The Largest Ice Thickness Survey of Alaska’s Glaciers

A decade of NASA airborne radar surveys produces the most extensive inventory of glacier ice thickness for Alaska and ...

Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why

Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another ...

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...
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What Is The Ningen, The Mermaid-Like Cryptid Of Japanese Lore?

A humanoid sea creature popularized in Japanese internet forums, the Ningen is an Antarctic cryptid that may have first been ...