Noticias sobre Antarctica
Melting ice, warming ocean: take control in a new simulation
Warm the Antarctic, and southern Florida drowns.
June 2019 was hottest on record for the globe
Antarctic sea ice coverage shrank to new record low.
Sea level rise: West Antarctic ice collapse may be prevented by snowing ocean water onto it
The ice sheet covering West Antarctica is at risk of sliding off into the ocean.
Instability in Antarctic ice projected to make sea level rise rapidly
Images of vanishing Arctic ice is jarring, but its potential contributions to sea level rise are no match for Antarctica’s, even if receding southern ice is less eye-catching.
New measurements shed light on the impact of water temperatures on glacier calving
Calving, or the breaking off of icebergs from glaciers, has increased at many glaciers along the west coast of Svalbard.
Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes to 60.
Algae management around the world
With last week’s MPC-Buoy project installation in Uruguay, a new country of algae management projects was added to the list for LG Sonic.
Warming waters in Western Tropical Pacific may affect West Antarctic ice sheet
Rutgers study finds weather patterns that may influence global sea-level rise.
New satellites show worrying view of droughts and ice loss
Data from new satellites reveal the alarming extent of the recent drought in Australia and confirms a significant loss of ice in Antarctica, say ANU scientists.
Melting small glaciers could add 10 inches to sea levels
A new review of glacier research data paints a picture of a future planet with a lot less ice and a lot more water.
How to prevent mosquitofish from spreading in water ecosystems
Preventing the introduction of the mosquitofish and removing its population are the most effective actions to control the dispersal of this exotic fish in ponds and lakes, according to a study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.
Nearly a quarter of West Antarctic ice is now unstable
In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that 24% of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.
Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean
In a study of Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, which covers an area roughly the size of France, the scientists spent several years building up a record of how the north-west sector of this vast ice shelf interacts with the ocean beneath it.
Antarctica’s effect on sea level rise in coming centuries
There are two primary causes of global mean sea level rise – added water from melting ice sheets and glaciers, and the expansion of sea water as it warms.
Nuclear disasters could leave a lasting legacy of contaminants in glaciers
Nuclear disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima are known to have had an immediate impact on their surrounding environments and the people living within them.
New UN Global Climate report ‘another strong wake-up call’ over global warming: Guterres
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday, represents “another strong wake-up call” to the world, which must be countered by finding sustainable solutions quickly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
Water in space
Did you know that up to 80% of the water on the International Space Station is recycled?
Giant animals lived in Amazonian mega-wetland
A land of giants.
A water quality mystery, solved in Antarctica
In one of the coldest, driest places on Earth, CU Boulder scientists have developed a possible answer to a longstanding mystery about the chemistry of streamflow, which may have broad implications for watersheds and water quality around the world.
Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay
A gigantic cavity – two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall – growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries reported in a new NASA-led study of the disintegrating glacier.