Historical evidence indicates that similar processes may have occurred during the last ice age when Antarctica’s ice sheet was much thicker. While the study emphasizes the slow pace of these ...

For all we know, penguins are built to tackle the extreme cold weather. But, turns out, the Ice Age was too harsh on them and these birds employed an ingenious survival tactic. The Last Glacial ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Isotope analysis confirmed the age of the ice at more than 1.2 million ... by the earlier EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) campaign, which revealed that the concentrations ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest ... “It was exciting to see the ice age as we drilled deeper, and especially when we knew we were drilling ice older than the EPICA ...

A major ice shelf in Antarctica appears to have survived a period of hot temperatures more than 120,000 years ago, indicating that the West Antarctic ice sheet may not be as vulnerable as we ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

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Suspended inside the ice are ancient air bubbles which scientists hope will help solve an enduring mystery about our planet's climate history. The European scientists worked over four Antarctic ...