Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent ...

MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2003-2004 (MOA2004) Image Map. (NSIDC-0280, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. National Snow and Ice Data Center. ... The maps were produced from composited ...

Photographer on Ice Moustache encrusted with ice, photographer Herbert Ponting stands on an iceberg near McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, in 1911. Ponting was part of the scientific staff on the 1910 ...

The use of remote sensing to map the Antarctic vegetation has generated few maps at local scales, mainly in areas frequently visited by researchers (Calviño-Cancela & Martin-Herrero 2016), usually by ...

Mercury (Hg) is a globally spread trace metal due to its long atmospheric residence time. Yet, our understanding of atmospheric processes (e.g., redox reactions and deposition) driving Hg cycling is ...

Understanding the stability of the early Antarctic ice cap in the geological past is of societal interest because present-day atmospheric CO 2 concentrations have reached values comparable to those ...

Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years. That's significantly faster than prior estimates of their decline due to climate change.

In January 2022 off Adelaide Island, Antarctica, the snow was falling so thick and quietly, it felt like traveling through hyperspace. “Silence is noisy, so that was super spooky,” says Bertie ...

In a recent expedition, researchers drilled more than 1,600 feet into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and discovered a subglacial river flowing beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, per Earth.com. The river, about ...

But overall, the smoke was becoming less intense in the U.S. These maps show the smoke forecast for Friday and Saturday. The Canadian wildfire smoke forecast for Friday, June 6, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET ...

Researchers reveal a dynamic geologic past for Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains, uncovering ancient mountain-building and glaciation events hidden beneath the ice. A new study led by University ...

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