Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward
The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...
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Experts warn of impending Global Water Crisis due to Climate Change and Accelerating Ice Melt
The United Nations and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have evaluated the state of water and climate ...
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New Study Reveals Earth’s Ice Caps Are More Fragile Than We Thought – And Their Final Melt May Be Looming
with polar ice caps forming only under specific and coincidental cooling conditions. This revelation not only reshapes our understanding of Earth’s past but also raises serious concerns about ...
A doctor was deployed to an Arctic research station during the Cold War. Decades later, he learned its secret purpose
The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ice melt accelerates, its story isn’t over yet.
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Arctic ice is melting faster than expected — and the culprit could be dust
"The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic ...
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Mars's northern ice cap is surprisingly young, planetary scientists find
The ice cap is causing the ground beneath it to depress at a rate of up to 0.13 mm per year, indicating a cold and highly viscous upper mantle. This slow deformation suggests that Mars's interior ...
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Rapidly eroding ice cap and thickness makes the Arctic even more vulnerable
The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...