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Two New Studies Show Ocean Heat Is Supercharging Antarctic Ice Loss

Scientists warn many models miss small ocean–ice processes that could speed sea-level rise.

Researchers Chart Previously Unmapped Island in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea

Arctic Winter Sea Ice Matches Record Low for Second Year, NASA and NSIDC Report

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

Study Warns Choices This Decade Could Set Antarctic Peninsula on Irreversible Ice-Loss Path

Deep Mantle Flow Built Antarctica’s Extreme Gravity Low, Which Intensified 50–30 Million Years Ago

National Geographic Sets January Premiere for ‘Pole to Pole with Will Smith’ as Trailer Debuts

U.S. Accelerates Arctic Icebreaker Build After DHS Flags Unprecedented Chinese Presence

Arctic Diatoms Glide at −15 °C, Setting Record for Eukaryotic Motility

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Entered an Abrupt Regime Shift, Nature Study Finds

Scientists Confirm Upward-Draining Subglacial Flood in Greenland Ice Sheet

Saltier Southern Ocean Fuels Antarctic Ice Loss as U.S. Data Cuts Loom

Scientists Use Bubble Patterns to Encode Data in Ice