Noticias sobre Antarctica
Glaciers are melting faster than ever, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem stability worldwide
New analysis reveals glacier retreat will lead to loss of biodiversity as vital habitats for specialist species disappear.
The Antarctic water puzzle – how flooding contributes to ice melt
Researchers have, for the first time, directly observed the flow of water beneath the ice of West Antarctica.
Changes in subtropical anticyclones could leave Patagonia without glaciers within 250 years
A recent study published in Nature Communications reveals that Patagonia's glaciers have lost more than 1,300 gigatonnes of ice since 1940, a significant contribution to sea level rise.
Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth
University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface.
Southern Ocean warming leads to wetter East Asia, Western US
As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean – between Antarctica and other continents – will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in precipitation over East Asia and the Western U.S., regardless of climate mitigation efforts.
Glacier melt will unleash avalanche of cascading impacts gat global level
Five of the past six years have witnessed the most rapid glacier retreat on record.
World Water Day 2025: disappearing glaciers threaten the global water balance
On the 22nd of March 2025, World Water Day, the whole world turns its eyes to a tragic and imminent crisis: the accelerating disappearance of glaciers.
AI reveals new insights into the flow of Antarctic ice
As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe.
Model of Antarctica’s subglacial hydrology enhances sea level forecasts
Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise.
Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland ‘across a tipping point,’ study finds
West Greenland is home to tens of thousands of blue lakes that provide residents drinking water and sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
UN: 75% of Earth’s land permanently drier in past 30 years
Even as dramatic water-related disasters such as floods and storms intensified in some parts of the world, more than three-quarters of Earth’s land became permanently drier in recent decades, UN scientists warned in a stark new analysis.
Global drought threatens food supplies and energy production
In July 2024, global temperatures reached unprecedented levels, breaking historical records with an average of 17.16 °C.
Filtralite can increase filtration rates and reduce the necessity to build new treatment plants
Water pollution is an increasingly urgent issue worldwide.
Earth just had its warmest July on record
July was the globe’s 14th month in a row of record warmth
Study yields new insights into the link between global warming and rising sea levels
A McGill-led study suggests that Earth's natural forces could substantially reduce Antarctica's impact on rising sea levels, but only if carbon emissions are swiftly reduced in the coming decades.
Ice shelves fracture under weight of meltwater lakes, study shows
When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice shelves, weighing them down and causing the ice to bend.
Ocean currents threaten to collapse Antarctic ice shelves
Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in sea levels.
Human activity transforms over 250,000 acres of estuaries into cities & farms in past 35 years
Worldwide over the past 35 years, dams and land reclamation activities converted 250,000 acres of estuary — an area roughly 17 times the size of Manhattan — to urban land or agricultural fields, with most land conversion and estuary loss in rapidly developing countries, a new study finds.
Bottled water can contain thousands of previously uncounted tiny plastic bits, study finds
In recent years, there has been rising concern that tiny particles known as microplastics are showing up basically everywhere on Earth, from polar ice to soil, drinking water and food.
Rate and impact of climate change surges dramatically in 2011-2020
The rate of climate change surged alarmingly between 2011-2020, which was the warmest decade on record.