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Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low for Second Year

Back-to-back lows point to an earlier melt season.

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Navy Opens Ice Camp Boarfish, Begins Three-Week Arctic Under-Ice Operation

New Antarctic Grounding-Line Record Finds 12,820 km² Ice Loss as West Antarctic Glaciers Retreat

30-Year Map Finds 12,800 km² of Antarctic Grounded Ice Lost as 77% of Coastline Holds

Satellite Images Show Emperor Penguins Squeezed Into Shrinking Moulting Sites

Argentina Touts Petrel Runway Progress as Antarctic Air Access Expands

Scientists Recover Record Sub-Ice Sediment Core Beneath West Antarctica

Emissions Path Will Dictate Antarctic Peninsula’s Fate, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Thermal Convection Likely Drives Greenland’s Deep Ice Plumes, Study Finds

Scientists Recover Record 228-Meter Sub-Ice Sediment Core in West Antarctica

Record 228-Meter Core Recovered Beneath West Antarctic Ice Points to Past Open Ocean

AIIMS Conducts Remote FAST Ultrasound at Antarctica’s Maitri With Indian-Built Telerobotics

Scientists Pitch Seabed Curtain to Slow Thwaites Glacier With Fjord Tests Planned

Instruments Jam in Thwaites Drill, First Readings Show Warm, Fast Water Below

French Duo Completes 4,000-Kilometer Kite-Ski Crossing of Antarctica for Climate Research

AIIMS Delhi Performs Live Telerobotic Ultrasound on Volunteers at Antarctica’s Maitri Station

Scientists Set Up Two-Week Grounding-Line Drill on Antarctica’s Thwaites ‘Doomsday’ Glacier

Rain Emerging as Key Driver of Greenland Ice Loss, Researchers Warn

New High-Detail Map Reveals Hidden Rivers and Ridges Beneath Antarctica

Antarctic Megaberg A23a Nears Disintegration as Satellites Reveal ‘Blue Mush’ Surface