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New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...
Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...
Melting glaciers are a key indicator of the human-influenced changes to our climate. A recent study shows just how quickly ...
A musician’s query as to the origin of a warped ‘wolf’ tone, and a review of a book by physicist Marie Curie, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive. A multi-century climate record ...
The pilot, who, along with his two daughters, was rescued after their small plane crashed on a frozen lake in Alaska, was not ...
Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see ...
near the toe of a glacier, and spotted what he thought was a wreckage. "It kind of broke my heart to see that, but as I got closer down and lower, I could see that there's three people on top of the ...
A Good Samaritan's swift action led to the rescue of a pilot and two children who survived nearly 12 hours stranded on the ...
Managing hypertension (high blood pressure) before, during, and after surgery is important to ensuring the best outcomes. If your blood pressure is too high before surgery, the procedure may need to ...
Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt extent dropped to nearly zero or below average from February 1 to March 15 ...
At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind moves over the ice in long, deliberate strokes, shaping a landscape caught ...