Most energetic ‘ghost particle’ from space detected in the deep ocean
A huge detector in the Mediterranean Sea spotted the most energetic neutrino from space to date. The particle could shed light on the universe’s most extreme phenomena.
NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's ...
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Watch Iridescent Dry Ice Clouds Above Mars Spotted By NASA Rover
Researchers report that a great time to see these clouds from Gale Crater, where Curiosity is located, is the early Autumn. Videos from the rover’s MastCam show the clouds changing colors as the night ...
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Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
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Model of Antarctica's water enhances sea level forecasts
Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ...
Model of Antarctica's water enhances sea level forecasts by interpreting subglacial hydrology for whole continent
Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...
Fact Check: Cherry-picked Antarctic ice data does not disprove climate change
Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...
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Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors
On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...
Scientists have some novel ideas to save the ice caps. Here are the most out-of-the-box suggestions
Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren’t as convinced ...
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World's largest ice sheet breaks open at record speed as experts fear unstoppable flooding
The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest body of ice on Earth and has been losing mass at an accelerating rate in the past few decades - with scientists warning of catastrophic consequences ...
World's largest iceberg is falling apart! Huge TRILLION-tonne 'megaberg' that is twice the size of Greater London has lost an enormous chunk, satellite images reveal
The jagged fragment has an area of roughly 31 sq miles (80 sq km) - just a fraction of the approximately 1,297 sq miles ...
Scientists blame climate change as world’s second largest ice sheet cracks open faster than before
Experts warn that sea levels could rise by seven metres and cause mass destruction if the ice sheet was to melt ...