Doomsday Glacier: Scientists looked deep beneath Antarctic ice.
WEB6 hours ago · Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse.
Doomsday may be delayed at Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier
WEB18 hours ago · The Thwaites Glacier is not expected to collapse by the end of the century, but it still may add 6 centimeters to global sea levels. Rob Larter/British Antarctic Survey. Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier isn’t called the Doomsday Glacier for nothing. Were the Florida-size ice sheet to melt away, it could raise global sea levels by 65 centimeters.
Much of Thwaites Glacier - Antarctica's largest - Sky News
WEB12 hours ago · A massive ice sheet in Antarctica - equal to the size of Great Britain - could be all but lost by the 23rd century, experts warn. The Thwaites Glacier is one of the largest and fastest-moving in ...
Ice Ages News - ScienceDaily
WEB2 days ago · Read science articles on the ice age, glaciation and climatology. Discover the connection between ice ages and global warming.
Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected …
WEBApr 17, 2024 · New research led by the University of Washington analyzes the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, to better understand the relationship between CO2 and global temperature.
Dramatic shift in ice age rhythm pinned to carbon dioxide
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · Each ice age would ultimately end as traditionally envisioned: with collapsing northern ice sheets that slide into the sea. The sudden injection of freshwater into the oceans would disrupt the global conveyor belt. Carbon dioxide would escape, the planet would warm, and the sea ice would melt.
Ice Age Discoveries Cool Down Climate Change Alarms
WEBApr 17, 2024 · New research led by the University of Washington analyzes the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, to better understand the relationship between CO2 and global temperature.
Scientists Project Precisely How Cold the Last Ice Age Was
WEBAug 28, 2020 · Based on their models, the researchers found that the global average temperature from 19,000 to 23,000 years ago was about 46 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s about 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees...
Scientists have unearthed what could be the world’s oldest ice core
WEBAug 10, 2022 · Currently, the oldest continuous ice core goes back 800,000 years into the climate record. But scientists want an uninterrupted environmental record dating back to a period about one million...
North Sea's hidden ice age past is revealed in 3D - BBC News
WEBSpectacular ice age landscapes have been revealed beneath the North Sea. These deep, kilometres-wide channels, known as tunnel valleys, were cut by fast-flowing rivers that ran under Northern...