The Great Un-Freezing: Record Antarctic surface melt extent set ...
2 days ago · The top left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic Ice Sheet from November 1, 2024, to January 20, 2025 with a close-up map of the Antarctic Peninsula to its …
Ice Sheets - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Antarctica is losing ice mass (melting) at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing about 270 billion tons per year, adding to sea level rise. Data from NASA's …
Ice Sheets Today - National Snow and Ice Data Center
3 days ago · Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that …
Intense melting on the Antarctic Peninsula | National Snow and Ice …
Jan 23, 2024 · Satellite data through January 15 show strong above average melting in the Larsen C and remnant Larsen B Ice Shelves, with notable melt events in the Brunt and Roi …
Antarctic Sea Ice Near Historic Lows; Arctic Ice Continues Decline
Mar 25, 2024 · Less ice coverage allows the ocean to warm the atmosphere over the poles, leading to more ice melting in a vicious cycle of rising temperatures. Historically, the area of …
Current State of Sea Ice Cover | Earth - NASA
Jan 23, 2025 · Shown below are up-to-date satellite observations of the sea ice covers of both the Arctic and the Antarctic, along with comparisons with the historical satellite record of more …
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting rapidly and ... - CNN
Apr 20, 2023 · The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold almost all of the world’s freshwater ice, are shrinking at a frighteningly rapid pace, according to a report on Thursday …
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now ... - CNN
Feb 26, 2024 · Scientists have looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” — nicknamed because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level …
Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' - BBC
Oct 23, 2023 · Increased melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves is "unavoidable" in the coming decades, a new study has warned. These floating tongues of ice extend from the main ice …
How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning …
Jan 18, 2025 · Increased basal melting has led to the thinning and retreat of the ice sheet in some regions, raising global sea levels. It has also slowed the deepest current in the global …
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