Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Key Antarctic Glacier Has Undergone Irreversible Retreat, Study Shows

Brad Reed, Hilmar Gudmundsson and Mattias Green 14/12/2023

Pine Island Glacier experienced irreversible mass loss and retreat,...

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How Much Will the Antarctic Ice Sheet Contribute to Future Sea Level Rise?

Florence Colleoni, Tim Naish, Robert DeConto, Laura De Santis and Pippa L. Whitehouse 12/01/2022

Quantifying the pace of global mean sea level rise...

Scientists Hope Million-Year-Old Antarctic Ice Will Reveal Climate Secrets

Amanda Morrow 27/09/2019

Scientists have unveiled a drill that will unearth the...

Recent research, however, is casting new light on the importance of the southernmost continent. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Why Antarctica Is So Important in a Warming World

Chris Fogwill, Chris Turney and Zoe Robinson 08/12/2017

The Antarctic Treaty was signed 58 years ago, protecting...